August 15, 2012 By U.S. Army Cadet Command FORT KNOX, Ky. -- Enlisted Soldiers who may have an interest in furthering their Army careers by becoming commissioned officers can learn more by exploring Cadet Command's Green-to-Gold option, an in-service recruitment program to attract junior soldiers with leadership potential. Cadet Command is accepting applications now as part … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Enlisted Village Cares for AF Widows, Families
by Airman 1st Class Jarrod Grammel 23rd Wing Public Affairs 8/14/2012 - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AFNS) -- The Air Force Enlisted Village was founded in 1967 after a survey conducted by AFSA concluded there were almost 50,000 widows of enlisted men living in poverty. With the help of former Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Ryan and his wife, a group of active duty and retired … [Read more...]
Hoops from Home brings NBA stars to Pendleton
August 14, 2012 By Lance Cpl. Derrick K. Irions, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Hoops from Home provided Camp Pendleton's youth with a free basketball training camp at the Paige Fieldhouse gymnasium, Aug. 11. Hoops from Home, a non-profit organization, held the camp to promote healthy, positive development of military … [Read more...]
Marilyn Monroe and The General
By Col. Michael J. Underkofler 514th Air Mobility Wing commander 8/14/2012 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Plastered across the pages of many magazines, blogs and newspapers last week were photos and stories about the untimely death of actress Marilyn Monroe 50 years ago. Some authors went beyond just simply discussing her beauty or sexual exploits and opined … [Read more...]
Book Review: Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia
Book Review: Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia One of the most common bits of advice for aspiring writers is to write what you know. Larry Correia took that bit of wisdom and ran with it like Jesse Owens. Correia knows guns and b-horror movies and he combines his passions into a novel that reads like a mix of Supernatural and The Dirty Dozen. Monster Hunter … [Read more...]