June 3, 2012 By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Carla Ocampo SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Active duty, retired service members and their families commemorated the 70th Anniversary of The Battle of Midway aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, June 2. The Battle of Midway took place June 4-7, 1942. During the battle, U.S. Navy carrier strike forces defeated an Imperial … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
A Simple Letter Reunites Two Vietnam Vets 40 Years Later
June 3, 2012 By Kimberly Lewis, Fort Campbell Courier FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- With a simple "Letter to the Editor" to the Fort Campbell Courier from the Philippines, two Vietnam veterans were able to catch up after more than four decades apart. "For 40 plus years I have wondered and searched for him," said Robert "Pinky" Pilkinton III of his comrade, Walter "Jonesy" Jones … [Read more...]
TAPS Brings Out Survivors in Families
By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service ARLINGTON, Va., June 3, 2012 - While hundreds of thousands of visitors descended on the Washington, D.C., area to commemorate our nation’s war dead, some 2,000 people crowded into a Marriott hotel here to help themselves and each other deal with the grief of losing their very own military heroes. Our national leaders often … [Read more...]
Airmen Preserve the Historic World War II-era C-47 Skytrain D-Day Aircraft
Nondice Thurman 19th Air Support Operations Squadron 6/3/2012 - FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AFNS) -- Airmen and volunteers from the 19th Air Support Operations Squadron are currently taking a break from their primary mission of providing joint terminal attack controllers in support of deployed brigade combat teams to restore a historically significant plane here. The team is … [Read more...]
Army Redefines Employee Eligibility For Civilian Leader Courses
WASHINGTON (June 1, 2012) -- The Army has redefined employee eligibility for its complement of Civilian Education System leader development courses, as well as the rules for receiving course equivalency credit based on previous military education and training. "We wanted to eliminate any confusion and establish a clearly progressive leader development model for our civilian … [Read more...]