ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 25, 2013 – The U.S. intelligence community assesses with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons -- specifically the nerve-agent sarin -- on a small scale in that violence-torn nation, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here tonight. On the last evening of his five-nation inaugural trip to the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2013
Senior Leaders Testify on Health of Personnel Programs
4/26/2013 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force senior leaders, along with counterparts from each of the services, testified about the current state of military personnel programs before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee April 24. Daniel B. Ginsberg, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and Lt. Gen. Darrell D. Jones, deputy chief of staff for … [Read more...]
SPAWAR Leadership on Information Warfare and the Growing Cyber Threat
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- "Information Dominance will become a recognized warfare area on par with other traditional warfare areas and is becoming one of our most powerful assets," said Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Chief Engineer Rear Adm. James Rodman during a panel discussion on information and non-kinetic warfare and the growing cyber security threat. "We need … [Read more...]
Fort Knox Among 1st to Host Master Fitness Mobile Training Team
FORT KNOX, Ky. (April 25, 2013) -- The Army loves acronyms, but remember MFTC, which stands for the Master Fitness Trainer Course. The Army community is going to hear a lot more about it. Field Manual 7-22 was published Oct. 26, and reflected a major shift in the thinking and execution of the Army's physical fitness philosophy. Fort Knox is among the first installations to … [Read more...]
Tuition Assistance Available for Marines
Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C. -- Shortly after tuition assistance was approved to be reinstated April 8, tuition assistance began being processed again April 15. According to the Marine Administrative Message 203/13 concerning TA, it will be approved retroactively for enrolled courses from April 8 and later. “I’m glad tuition assistance is … [Read more...]