AUGUST 31, 2016, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The Air Force’s updated reenlistment and promotion eligibility policy, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2017, requires Airmen to complete their enlisted professional military education distance learning course within 12 months of the date they are notified by Air Force Personnel Center or automatically be rendered … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
Marines Have Landed: First Ever Los Angeles Fleet Week
AUGUST 31,2016, SAN DIEGO - U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force and Sailors assigned to U.S. Third Fleet aboard several San Diego-based U.S. Navy vessels will dock at the Port of Los Angeles from 30 to Sept. 6, 2016 to celebrate the first ever Los Angeles Fleet Week. Fleet week is a celebration of the sea services, which Marines and Sailors from U.S. Navy ships … [Read more...]
Navy’s 2016 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award Recipients Announced
AUGUST 31, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Navy announced the two 2016 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award recipients Aug. 30 in NAVADMIN 194/16. Cmdr. Gary G. Montalvo, commanding officer of USS North Carolina (SSN 777) is the Pacific Fleet recipient and Cmdr. Ken J. Kleinschnittger, former commanding officer of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 12 and … [Read more...]
Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Program Holds Open Season in September
AUGUST 31, 2016, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - For the first time in 12 years, the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance program is having an open season, which will run from Sept. 1-30. During the open season, eligible federal employees can enroll in FEGLI or increase coverage up to the maximum offered by the program, including Option C coverage on the … [Read more...]
CBIRF Responds to Simulated Nuclear Detonation During Scarlet Response 2016
AUGUST 31, 2016, PERRY, Ga. - On the morning of Aug. 22, 2016, a nuclear bomb detonated near Houston. The explosion rendered massive damage to the infrastructure of the city including a complete shutdown of a highway leading to Houston forcing part of the city into isolation. This was a simulated detonation during a training exercise, in which Marines and sailors with Chemical … [Read more...]