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Army Axes the Bayonets – Important Basic Training…

Frank Palkoska, head of the Army’s Fitness School at Fort Jackson, has incorporated some new fitness exercises into the recruit’s military fitness regimen.


New Language-Training Detachments Preparing Soldiers…

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 18, 2010) - Soldiers at Fort Campbell, Ky., and Fort Carson, Colo., are now taking language courses that will better prepare them to meet the demands of operations in Afghanistan.


Medical Professionals Save Millions With Common-Sense…

3/18/2010 -  Officials from the 86th Medical Special Operations Clinic have developed a way to maximize time spent by people traveling to Ramstein Air Base for a conference, saving the Department of Defense millions of dollars along the way.


Navy Seeks to Eliminate Sexual Assault in its Ranks…

3/18/2010 - The Navy released its first quarterly Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program update, NAVADMIN 096/10, to update Sailors with the information necessary to positively impact their environment and lead the Navy toward its goal of eliminating sexual assault from its ranks.


Female Soldiers Step Into New Role

3/18/2010 -  Two female Soldiers with Task Force 38, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, exemplified the “we can do it” motto of women’s history month.


French Army teaches 24th MEU Marines Desert Survival…

3/17/2010 - The desert is an unforgiving and potentially lethal ecosystem; and where most Marines find themselves operating while deployed.  This makes garnering basic desert survival skills essential to every Marine.


‘Home of the Blue’ Campaign Showcases Privatized…

3/17/2010 - SAN ANTONIO (AFNS)—With an average of more than 500 new or renovated homes entering the privatized housing inventory each month, the Air Force goal of creating quality homes and thriving communities for Airmen and their families is well under way.


OSAA Guardsmen welcome veterans for Hanks, Spielberg…

About 250 veterans visited the National World War II Memorial for the first time Thursday and were honored by producers Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg in advance of their new HBO series, “The Pacific.”


Major disaster drill planned at sea

An oil tanker collides with a car carrier 15 miles southwest of Portland, Maine, during a winter storm with rough northeast winds, subfreezing temperatures and limited visibility.


AFP, US military help students in Angeles City

Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military service members are working to change perceptions of the military through a community relations project for school children in Angeles City.


Air Force pilot MIA from Vietnam War is identified

The Department of Defense announced March 16 that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.


Navy Week Returns to Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay Navy Week, Mar. 12-21, includes a jam-packed schedule of parades, concerts, sporting events and a Blue Angels air show in Tampa, Fla.


Army developing new Ground Combat Vehicle

The U.S. Army’s Feb. 25 release of a formal Request for Proposal, or RFP, to industry marks a significant step forward in the effort to build a first-of-its-kind, highly versatile Ground Combat Vehicle, more commonly referred to as the GCV, - a nine-man squad Infantry Carrier that can protect…


Care Plan to Encompass More Military Families

The Defense Department’s family care plan policy will be expanded in the coming months to encompass a wider population of military parents, a defense legal expert said.


Oregon Guardsmen Provide Force Protection at Entry…

3/16/2010 - The Soldiers of A Troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon National Guard are keeping this base safe by manning its entry control points 24 hours a day.


Pre-Deployment Audit Prevents Financial Mishaps

3/15/2010 - With more than a half a million dollars of entitlement benefits to consider, one of the most important steps a Marine can take before deploying into theatre is a pre-deployment audit.


New Protocol to Provide Early Brain Injury Detection…

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2010 – The Defense Department is rolling out a new set of guidelines for the treatment of mild traumatic brain injury among servicemembers in combat areas.


Air Force Uniform Office Plans For The Future

3/16/2010 - The Air Force Uniform Office here is developing a seven year strategic plan to provide the Air Force Uniform Board vital uniform technology information to assist in making decisions to pursue the board’s priorities.


“Save-A-Life” Shows Marines Sobering Facts…

3/16/2010 - The gymnasium was filled with random objects: two white screens, a driving simulator, a lone man watching Marines file in and in the corner, an open casket with a board that read “reserved for the next drunk driving victim.”


Defense Secretary Discusses Iraq, Afghanistan With…

3/14/2010 - Servicemembers quizzed Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates about Afghanistan, the elections in Iraq and the Iran situation during a question-and-answer period March 11 here.


Comfort Returns to U.S. After Haiti Mission

NORFOLK, Va., March 14, 2010 – The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived at Naval Station Norfolk here yesterday after its seven-week deployment in Haiti supporting Operation Unified Response.


Alaska Army Guard partners with Coast Guard to save…

3/15/2010 - The Alaska Army National Guard and Coast Guard teamed up March 10 to help rescue a 28-year-old hiker stranded without food for days on Meade Glacier near Haines, Alaska.


Length of Wars Challenges Nation, Lynn Says

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2010 – The duration of today’s conflicts poses a greater challenge to the nation and its military than the magnitude of the wars, the deputy defense secretary told an audience of American high school students here today.


New Parachute Integrated at Airborne School

3/11/2010 - The 453 students in C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, exited the 34-foot training tower twice as many times as the normal requirement March 3.


Diversity Outreach Unites Academy, Community

3/12/2010 - When is being at the end of your rope a good thing? How about when you’re a middle- or high-school student visiting the U.S. Air Force Academy’s rock climbing wall as part of the Cadet Wing’s Youth Diversity Outreach program?


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