WASHINGTON, D.C. (6/29/09)—Wounded Soldiers sent home from overseas are greeted by their own before they are even off the plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan —U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers and police launched a major operation in central Helmand Province today as forces from Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan (Task Force Leatherneck) and Afghan national security forces moved…
7/1/2009 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS)—Department of Defense officials began accepting applications from Airmen to transfer Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to dependents June 29.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (NNS) - USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrived in Vladivostok, Russia, for a scheduled port visit July 1. The visit provides an opportunity to promote stability in the Asia-Pacific region by demonstrating that the United States and Russia are committed to a regional partnership and the growth…
WASHINGTON, July 1, 2009 – A retired Army captain who survived third-degree burns over 30 percent of his body while stationed in Iraq believes that through family, faith and a lot of hard work, anything can be overcome.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, (6/30/09) - In accordance with Article 5 of the security agreement between the U.S. and Iraqi governments, Iraqi security forces now have full ownership of security in their cities, towns and villages.
6/30/2009 - ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England (AFNS) —A crewmember who required immediate medical attention on board a ship 400 miles off the coast of Ireland is reported to be in stable condition after three U.S. Air Force units participated in his rescue June 26.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, June 30, 2009 – Army 1st Sgt. Jane Baldwin and her husband, Army Maj. Page Baldwin, beat the odds of cancer, and at the same time, grew closer as a couple, expanding their family and resolving to continue their military service.
CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo (6/26/09)—Soldiers from the “Land of the Midnight Sun” got a huge morale boost when their governor, Sarah Palin, and Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, the adjutant general of Alaska, trekked about 5,000 miles to show their support for the Multi-National Task Force-East (MNTF-E)…
ABOARD USS BATAAN - The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) made history by using two MV-22B Ospreys, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), to conduct a ship-to-shore emergency medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) of a Sailor from USS Batann (LHD 5) June 25, 2009
6/30/2009 - FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. (AFNS)—Airmen of the 36th Rescue Flight from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., rescued a hiker from Fort Lewis, Wash., who tumbled more than 1,000 feet June 14 down a mountain just west of Wenatchee, Wash.
WASHINGTON (NNS)—Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(SS/SW) Rick D. West released the following Independence Day message to the fleet June 29.
HILLAH, Iraq, June 30, 2009 – Soldiers with the 172nd Infantry Brigade are helping documentarians, historians and preservationists as they work to ensure that ancient Iraqi history is preserved and documented in Babil province.
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. —
Lyberti Jackson, the five-year-old daughter of a Fightertown Marine, was given a therapeutic AmTryke from the Little Red Dog Foundation June 18. Lyberti was born with Down syndrome and has difficulty riding a normal bicycle, but now has the opportunity…
FORT DRUM, N.Y., (6/16/09)—It’s early afternoon in an Iraqi village and the 442nd Military Police Company just started their dismounted patrol, when out of no-where they receive indirect fire and the ground rattles beneath them.
6/29/2009 - MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS)—Air Force officials are transitioning their combat search and rescue motto to an over-arching name that encompasses all rescue assets under the same umbrella mindset with a more current operational focus.
WASHINGTON—Defeating improvised explosives devices and their support networks is the focus of Army’s third counter-IED conference, July 28-30, in Charlottesville, Va.
TERENGGANU, Malaysia (NNS) - U.S. and Malaysian service members gathered June 25 at Awana Kijal Resort for a day of sports and team-building during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2009.
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — Coast Guard officials have suspended the search for a boater lost at sea off the coast of Newburyport
Arlington, Va., (6/25/09) - A traditional Solider from the Wisconsin National Guard and a Florida Guardsman working full time at the Army National Guard Readiness Center recently earned spots on the All-Army triathlon team.
MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE ALBANY, Ga.
The Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., will host its 15th annual Independence Day Celebration July 2 at Boyett Park from 4 – 10 p.m.
6/25/2009 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS)—Members of the 505th Command and Control Wing may not be known for conducting search and rescue missions, but when a litter of kittens was trapped in a wall June 22 here, wing members knew just what to do.
PHILADELPHIA (NNS)—The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) recently visited with Sailors from Naval Recruiting District (NRD) Philadelphia, held a diversity engagement with the Osiris Group and attended the Philadelphia Council of the Navy League annual dinner.
WASHINGTON (Army News Service)—Beginning June 29, Soldiers can go online and elect to transfer their Post-9/11 G.I. Bill benefits to their spouse or children.
Two men were found and rescued after they spent 52 hours adrift in the isolated Alaskan Aleutian Islands. The men had to row their 15-foot skiff away from danger and towards their larger 50-foot fishing boat for nearly 31 hours
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