March 5, 2012 By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) William Jamieson, Navy Public Affairs Support Element, East NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- The secretary of the Navy held an All Hands call on board USS Bataan (LHD 5) which was televised and streamed live on the web to the fleet March 5, announcing the establishment of the 21st Century Sailor and Marine … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
AF Releases Video Tutorial to Educate Civilians about AFPERS
ByTech. Sgt. Steve Grever Air Force Personnel, 3/6/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Air Force officials have created a video tutorial, or vodcast, to educate civil service employees, supervisors and human resources specialists about the information and resources available to civilians on the Air Force Personnel Services, or AFPERS, website. The five-minute … [Read more...]
Recruiter Takes Reducing Stress Levels to a New Beat
March 5, 2012 By Mark Rickert, Baltimore Recruiting Battalion BALTIMORE -- Several years ago while stationed in Iraq, faced with the threat of enemy attacks, scorching heat, and the stress of the day-to-day grind, Staff Sgt. Dante Steel learned the art of salsa dancing. It seems almost ironic, given the contradictory natures of dance and combat. Yet, at the time, having an … [Read more...]
Corps and Recruiters Open Newest Career Recruiting Center for Enlistees
March 6, 2012 By Jay Field SANTA CLARITA, Calif.--Nearly 100 future service members took the Oath of Enlistment Feb. 24 in a roped off parking lot of the Westfield Valencia Town Center mall in front of the Armed Forces' newest Career Center. The future Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines stood at attention and raised their right hands as a Marine Corps captain led them in … [Read more...]
Troops and Veterans Will Benefit from Housing Settlement
By Lisa Daniel, American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON (March 6, 2012) -- Thousands of service members and veterans whose mortgages were wrongfully foreclosed on, or who were improperly denied lower mortgage interest rates in the national housing crisis, can receive "significant relief," President Barack Obama announced today. "It is unconscionable that members of our … [Read more...]