8/1/2009 - SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) —More than 50 years of dependable service is a lot to ask, especially from a tool used to train thousands of people in a critical and sometimes dangerous business.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2009 - Remains found last month in Iraq’s Anbar province are those of Navy Capt. Michael Scott Speicher, who was shot down flying a combat mission in an F/A-18 Hornet on Jan. 17, 1991, and whose fate until now had been uncertain, Defense Department officials reported today.…
BAGHDAD, Iraq (7/29/09) - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said conditions in Iraq have improved, which may accelerate the U.S. combat brigade drawdown from the country, but that doesn’t mean the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team is coming home earlier than planned, Wisconsin Guard officials…
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (Army News Service, July 30, 2009)—The 369th Adjutant General Battalion’s Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King has been chosen to be the next commandant of the Drill Sergeant School.
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - L.I.N.K.S. ” It stands for lifestyle, insights, networking, knowledge and skills. If you are a spouse, you might want to add this to your ever increasing database of acronyms.
SEATTLE (NNS)—The U.S. Navy and Boeing unveiled the next maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, during a rollout ceremony July 30 at Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Seattle.
7/30/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS)—The most frustrating part about suicide prevention is the uncertainty about what causes troops to take their lives, top military leaders said here July 29.
July 30, 2009 - GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - Improvements in technology and weaponry are dire necessities in modern warfare. They achieve success on the battlefield and enable Soldiers to complete successful missions in support of the ongoing Global War on Terrorism.
CONTENGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, (7/29/09) - A new law and order force is now on duty here to provide a safe and secure environment for servicemembers.
July 30, 2009- MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan The July 13 arrival of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 brought with it about 10 F/A-18 aircraft and approximately 200 service members.
FORT WORTH, Texas (NNS), July 29, 2009 - The chief of Naval Operations (CNO) welcomed the Navy’s first Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35C Lightning II, to the fleet in a ceremony July 28.
7/29/2009 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) - Air Force Personnel Center officials here provided updates to the field recently on the Air Force implementation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (7/28/09)—The Defense Department boasts the world’s strongest ability to respond to chemical, biological and other weapons of mass destruction, a top Pentagon official said today.
CAMP AL TAQADDUM, Iraq “Being a high school teacher, a professional soccer player and a firefighter in one’s local town are all great accomplishments. For one woman who has been all three, there was still something more she desired to pursue.
SAN DIEGO (NNS) July 28, 2009 - Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG), including the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and units assigned to CSG 11, departs July 31 with more than 7,000 Sailors for a scheduled Western Pacific deployment.
7/29/2009 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS)—About a thousand people lined Harmon Drive from the 12th Flying Training Wing headquarters to the main gate here the morning of July 26 to honor fallen Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brandon Lara as a motorcade bringing his body home passed.
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan, July 29, 2009 - Marine Corps Maj. Richard “Bart” Bartolomea says he feels at home serving with his brother, Bill, in an operational environment.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq, (7/27/09) - National police in Iraq’s Wasit province now are capable of sustaining their own training needs after coalition forces leave here, military officials said, thanks to the efforts of a Massachusetts National Guard police company.
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - When Marines come back from a deployment, they can come back with awards, medals or even a college degree.
WASHINGTON (NNS) - July 27, 2009, The secretary of the Navy, chief of naval operations (CNO) and other senior Navy leadership participated in a ceremony to honor the namesake of Pre-Commissioning Unit Gravely (DDG 107) - the first African American naval officer assigned shipboard duty.
7/27/2009 - U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS)—U.S. Air Force Academy officials here integrated unmanned aircraft systems into the school’s curriculum.
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2009 - Coalition and Iraqi forces arrested an assailant and destroyed weapons in operations in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said.
Service members traveled from bases across Al Anbar province to join Marines and sailors of Police Transition Team 4 at a memorial service aboard Contingency Operating Location Ubaydi as they paid their respects to their fallen comrade, Lance Cpl. Brandon T. Lara, July 24, 2009.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., (6/27/09) - Montana is a long way from California’s Miramar Navy Air Station, made famous in the 1986 movie “Top Gun,” but the action here in the “The Big Sky” state was just as intense for two Air National Guard fighter wings over the past two weeks.
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MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS), July 27, 2009 - Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warned mariners of an anticipated increase in piracy incidents when the southwest monsoon ends in the coming weeks, and reiterated that merchant mariners must continue to take proactive action to help prevent piracy attacks.
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