3/22/2013 - FORT MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- In a field dominated by boys, especially during the mid 1950's, a young high school junior in Tacoma, Wash., was determined to win her local science fair. Borrowing a small piece of uranium from her uncle, who worked for a mining company, the student created a model of atoms and set up a display to explain the science behind radioactive … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2013
Soldiers Continue Recovery From ‘Invisible Wounds’
By Elaine Sanchez Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, March 21, 2013 – Army Spc. Kevin Wear was riding in an armored vehicle in Afghanistan last summer when a roadside bomb exploded, tearing the vehicle into three pieces and killing three of the five passengers inside. But Wear remembers nothing of that incident or … [Read more...]
MCB Quantico Holds Press Conference March 22
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO -- In light of the fatal shooting on Marine Corps Base Quantico March 21, a press conference was held at the National Museum of the Marine Corps on March 22. Below is a transcript from the conference. “Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I am Lieutenant Agustin Solivan. I am a Media Officer for Marine Corps Base Quantico. This morning Colonel … [Read more...]
Best Military Shows on TV
No TV show can fully convey the struggles, trials and triumphs of the military, but a growing number of military programs gives viewers unprecedented access to the brave defenders of our country. From up-close looks at training regimens to programs that follow training dogs as they learn to hunt for narcotics, military shows give viewers a fresh perspective on the danger that … [Read more...]
Pentagon Delays Sending Furlough Notices to Civilian Workforce
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 21, 2013 – Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they’ve had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department. Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go out on … [Read more...]