WASHINGTON, (11/19/09) - While admitting initial reservations, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told a National Guard conference today he sees benefits of a new plan that allows reserve-component servicemembers to conduct pre-deployment training before the clock starts ticking on their 12-month mobilization…
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS)—As the Navy moves forward with plans to eliminate the enlisted field service record more than 130,000 Sailors need to establish a self-service account that will allow them to access to their new digital record.
Marines still on their first term of active duty received a re-enlistment brief Tuesday at Little Hall as part of a Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments command visit to Marine Corps Base Quantico.
11/19/2009 - CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq – “When you go home, tell them of us and say, ‘for their tomorrow, we gave our today.’”
11/19/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS)—The USO has changed a lot in 68 years and the organization marked another milestone in the group’s history of supporting the military Nov. 18 when it sponsored a care package service specifically for female servicemembers.
WASHINGTON (Nov. 18, 2009)—A range of decisions still remain for President Barack Obama and his administration to finalize the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, the president said in Beijing today.
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., (11/18/09) - To say family is important to Garry Dean, is to understate his level of devotion.
USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS)—Two squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 joined hundreds of civilian and military exhibitors Nov. 15 at the International Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
11/18/2009 - The Marine Corps Reserve’s 2009 Toys for Tots campaign on Okinawa starts Saturday.
11/18/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS)—The leaves are changing color at Arlington National Cemetery; a bright backdrop for something as sobering as a funeral. An Army chaplain in his dress blue uniform presents a folded flag to the fallen’s next of kin, a man in his 60s.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Nov. 17, 2009 – The provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province serves as a model for the continued integration of civilian assets into military operations to achieve a unified strategic goal.
ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS)—Marine Corps Reservists, Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)Marines and their families gathered in Arlington, Va. Nov. 13-15 for a Returning Warrior Workshop (RWW).
11/17/2009 - In an instant, an assembly of hostile pedestrians can flood the streets of a city with one mission - to make their point known through force. Small business owners livelihoods can be pillaged and burnt to the ground. Innocents might be battered bloody and even killed.
11/17/2009 - LAS VEGAS (AFNS)—Six teams of Air Force firefighters, from various bases, will test their skills and stamina Nov. 16 to 20 against more than 600 fire departments from around the world during the five-day 2009 Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge here.
ENTEBBE, Uganda, (11/17/09) - “Borinqueneers” from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa opened the doors to its seventh Counter Terrorism Course for the Ugandan People’s Defense Force (UDPF) at the Kasenyi Military Training center this summer.
PHILADELPHIA (Nov. 16, 2009)—Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. visited a program designed to help Soldiers and their families develop resilience here today.
MILLINGTON, Tenn. 11/16/2009 —Navy Personnel Command (NPC) has released Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to keep the fleet moving, despite the lack of a fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget, Navy officials announced Nov. 16.
MILFORD, Mass., (11/16/09) U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas of Massachusetts met with Soldiers and technology experts at the Vet Center in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 12 to discuss how to improve the body armor that Soldiers wear into combat.
11/16/2009 - Suspended off the side of a towering vehicle by cargo netting, 1st Lt. William R. Goodwin, the executive officer for Mobility Assault Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, pushes himself up for one more repetition.
11/16/2009 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) —A U.S. Air Force Academy space weather experiment heads for the International Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis after the shuttle lifted off at at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
11/16/2009 - SAN ANTONIO (AFNS)—The two lead actors of the television show “Friday Night Lights” visited wounded warriors, military family members and U.S. servicemembers with a message of appreciation Nov. 14 at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
11/16/2009 - USS NIMITZ, At Sea (NNS)—Two Soldiers working deep inside aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) serve as liaisons between the aviators of Carrier Air Wing 11 and coalition forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
FORT SMITH, Ark. (11/16/09)—Maj. Jay Spohn has taken the skies by storm.
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Nov. 13, 2009)—While the mental health and morale of Soldiers in Iraq is improving, according to the latest study, more behavioral-health providers are needed in Afghanistan.
11/16/2009 - At approximately 1 p.m., the Marine Corps came one step closer to adding the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B STOVL (Short Take-Off Vertical Landing) variant to its arsenal.
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