GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (8/19/09) - Members of the New Hampshire Air National Guard’s 157th Civil Engineering Squadron are deployed to U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay and not running short of real-world conditions to prepare themselves for possible overseas deployment.
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Ken Kobayashi, a firefighter here, saved a gentleman’s life at the Mikawa Town Summer Festival Aug. 2.
8/18/2009 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS)—The U.S. Air Force boasts more than 130 enlisted career fields and on Aug. 17 one more was officially welcomed as the first class of 10 enlisted unmanned aircraft system sensor operators began their technical school.
WASHINGTON (NNS) 8/18/2009 - As meteorologists continue to track Hurricane Bill, Sailors and Navy families are reminded to become familiar with the Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS)—and to update personal information now.
8/17/2009 - STUTTGART, Germany - On two separate days in April, members of Company B, 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), were engaged in hostile enemy action, resulting in nine of its members receiving awards for valor.
8/17/2009 - Joseph DeBacco is a nine-year-old boy with big dreams of being a Marine. But those hopes, after a two-year battle with terminal cancer, seemed far from reach until his father, former Marine Cpl. Mike DeBacco, made a call to an old friend.
MARTINSBURG, W.V., (8/17/09) - The 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard is now officially home to the C-5 Galaxy, but another aircraft can be found parked on the flight line.
8/17/2009 - LAS VEGAS (AFNS) - Beside a folded flag, a single flame burned atop the table of honor before dozens who gathered to honor fallen Tuskegee Airmen in a ceremony here Aug. 7.
SAN DIEGO (NNS) - USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9), which will be the newest ship in the U.S. Navy’s Lewis and Clark-class of dry cargo/ammunition ships, was christened and launched Aug. 16, during a late afternoon ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego.
ARLINGTON, Va., (8/14/09)—The Army National Guard’s Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 2009 were announced yesterday at the 38th annual conference of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States.
FORT BENNING Ga. - Named for the medical evacution choppers who lent aid and mobility to wounded Soldiers in Vietnam, Operation Dust Off gives mobility through the gift of an electric wheelchair to disabled veterans, said retired 1st Sgt. Mike Craig, commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post…
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - United States service members and civilians aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, ran a half marathon in memory of Maj. Megan M. McClung, Aug. 15, 2009.
8/14/2009 - SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) - Thirty-three days of technical instruction in petroleum, oil and lubricants doesn’t seem like a daunting task. Throw in a language barrier, limited training aids and an incomplete curriculum and anyone might start to question whether…
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) - After 200 days and more than 38,000 miles en route to the Far East and back, USS Mitscher (DDG 57), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, returned to its homeport of Norfolk, Va., Aug. 14.
WIESBADEN, Germany - “At the front of every Army mission in the United States or overseas you’ll find a noncommissioned officer. They know their missions, they know their equipment, but most importantly they know their Soldiers.”
LE MESNIL ROUXELIN, France (8/13/09)—For a few moments on July 17, retired Col. James A. Huston was no longer a 91-year-old World War II veteran.
Marine Corps monitors representing various military occupational specialties and special duty assignments visited the Marines aboard Camp Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Aug. 11 – 13, to discuss options with Marines nearing the end of their current enlistment contract.
8/12/2009 - CAMP PERRY, Ohio (AFNS)—Members of the U.S. Air Force Shooting Team are setting their sights on excellence as they compete in the 2009 National Rifle and Pistol Championships here.
MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS)—Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 held a change of command ceremony aboard the coalition counterpiracy flagship USS Anzio (CG 68) while pierside in Bahrain Aug. 13.
FORT JACKSON, S.C.- 8/12/2009 —What began as a popular form of civilian entertainment is being tested on Fort Jackson as a possible new way to train Soldiers preparing to head to a combat zone.
EL PASO, Texas (8/13/09) - Bone-tired, bleary-eyed, but jubilant to be one step closer to home, Texas Army National Guard Soldiers deplaned here today after a year-long deployment in Iraq.
8/12/2009 - If you have a college class starting in fiscal year 2009, the deadline to turn in your tuition assistance application is 5 p.m., Sept. 15. The Camp Pendleton Joint Education Center is spreading the word that no more fiscal year 2009 TA applications will be processed after this date.
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