BUFFALO, N.Y. - Forty-nine New York National Guard Citizen- Soldiers got a leg up on the skills it takes to get a job at a three-day training workshop hosted here by the New York National Guard . The Soldiers, who just returned from deployment to Afghanistan and Kuwait, learned how to write a resume, interview for a job and translate their military skills into something that … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
First AF Woman 4-Star Comes Full Circle
3/11/2013 - FORT MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- Young Janet Libby was definitely someone going places at Beavercreek High School near Dayton, Ohio. She was in the National Honor Society, on both the German and Ski clubs and a soccer athlete as well. But even those friends and well-wishers who would have signed her senior yearbook with words like "you'll go far," and "you'll be a … [Read more...]
Funding for Tuition Assistance Stops
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 8, 2013) -- Beginning on March 8, 2013, funding for tuition assistance ceased and Soldiers cannot submit new requests for tuition assistance, according to Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, deputy chief of staff, G-1. Approval for the tuition assistance, also known as TA, stoppage came from Secretary of the Army John McHugh, and affects Soldiers … [Read more...]
Study Finds Soldiers’ PTSD Diagnoses Accurate
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 11, 2013) -- A report released Friday by the Army's surgeon general found a high degree of validity in the service's diagnoses and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho discussed findings of the Army Task Force on Behavioral Health during a media roundtable Friday at the Pentagon. She said their report … [Read more...]
Nimitz Participates In Navy Wide Advancement Exam
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacquelyn Childs EVERETT, Wash. (NNS) -- Sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) took the Navy Wide Advancement Exam for E-6 at the Commons aboard Naval Station Everett, March 7. The Second Class Petty Officers went into the exam after spending various amounts of time studying, each using their own techniques. "I feel … [Read more...]