10/20/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Representatives of the Department of Veterans Affairs here will be telephoning veterans across the country to explain their education benefits under the new Post-911 GI Bill and ensure beneficiaries are able to receive payments due them.
ARLINGTON, Va. (Oct. 16, 2009)—About 55 survivors of fallen warriors traveled from Germany and points across the United States earlier this month to discuss and evaluate the progress Survivor Outreach Services has made.
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, At Sea (NNS)—The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GW CSG) completed a bilateral exercise with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Oct. 16.
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (10/19/09) - The 2010 Winter Olympics are a few shorts months away, and several Army National Guard Soldiers are currently competing for slots on the bobsled and luge teams.
A clear, cool night with starry skies at a desolate field aboard Camp Lejeune was suddenly interrupted by a large, booming helicopter that produced hurricane-force winds in the faces of the Marines standing below.
10/19/2009 - SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) - When President Barack Obama authorized an additional 17,000 troops to “surge” into Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom in February, mobility Airmen answered the call.
HONOLULU, Oct. 19, 2009 – As Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates travels this week to Japan and South Korea before heading to a NATO defense ministers conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, he’s expected to ensure the issue of support for Afghanistan remains solidly on front burner.
WASHINGTON (NNS) - The services could more effectively power unmanned vehicles, underwater monitoring sensors, ships and aircraft if Naval Research Laboratory scientists achieve their goals of harnessing solar and sea power to fuel the military for years to come, a top NRL scientist said.
10/19/2009 By Cpl. Meg Murray , Multi National Force - West
From the first century, when spectators filled the Roman Colosseum to cheer on their favorite fighters in the bloody gladiatorial contests, to the 1990s, when Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen led the Chicago Bulls to six championship…
TUCSON, Ariz., (10/19/09) - Members of the Air National Guard wear many hats; the hat of a member of the United States Air Force, the hat of a civilian at work in the community, and sometimes their hobbies lead them to wear hats of another kind.
10/19/2009 - HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. (AFNS)—Five states, 12 men, 13 batons, 24 pairs of boots, 600 pounds carried more than 800 miles all traveled for one cause: honoring special tactics Airmen who sacrificed their lives in combat.
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 16, 2009 – The Colorado Army National Guard joined rescue efforts for a 6-year-old boy believed adrift in a homemade hot air balloon yesterday.
PHILADELPHIA (NNS) - The Navy commissioned its newest destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) during a ceremony in Philadelphia Oct. 10.
CAMP CARROLL, Alaska (10/15/09)—The holidays got a jump start Oct. 14, when elves started preparing for the 2009 Operation Santa Claus season at the annual gift wrapping party.
Civil affairs Marines with Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, visited a local school here Oct. 8 to talk with teachers about refurbishing their schoolhouse.
10/16/2009 - BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS)—An Air Force medic applied combat first aid to Soldiers when their vehicle was attacked by an improvised explosive device in Kapisa Province, recently
WASHINGTON (Oct. 14, 2009)—Congress has reached agreement on a $680.2 billion National Defense Authorization Bill for fiscal 2010.
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) - A Navy message released Oct. 13 outlines how the Navy will notify Senior Enlisted Continuation Board candidates of their status.
RESTON, Va. (10/15/09) - Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers joined hundreds of other Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines Sept. 30 here to participate in a road march in the culminating event for Das Abzeichen für Leistungen im Truppendienst or the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge for military…
From Oct. 19 - 23, the station will recognize and participate in Red Ribbon Week. Red Ribbon Week is the largest and oldest drugprevention campaign in the United States.
10/14/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS)—As part of the service’s preventative efforts to safeguard the health of the force, Air Force medical staffs are set to provide 1 million H1N1 vaccination doses to Airmen and their family members by early November, officials said Oct. 8.
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 13, 2009)—Servicemembers who participated in the first state-side training program for joint counter-IED teams have just arrived in Afghanistan for a year-long assignment.
BONHOMME RICHARD, At sea (NNS) - USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), the flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), arrived in Savu Sea to conduct a multilateral exercise in cooperation with the government of Timor-Leste Oct. 14.
10/14/2009 - CAMP TAJI, Iraq (AFNS) - The combat stress clinic at Camp Taji is swirling with digital-print patterned activity. Mostly, the health care providers are outfitted in Army combat uniforms, but a few sets airman battle uniforms mark the Air Force’s presence among the sea of Soldiers.…
The military services’ active and reserve components notched record recruiting numbers and signed up the highest-quality recruits ever in fiscal 2009, senior defense officials said today.
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