ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., June 6, 2013 – High grass creates an ideal habitat for hungry ticks, and also provides the potential to cause serious human and animal disease. Ticks can thrive in long grasses, according to Ellen Stromdahl, an entomologist with the U.S. Army Public Health Command here. Stromdahl also manages the Department of Defense’s Human Tick … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
Guard, Reserve Soldiers Can Opt for Reduced-Age Retirement
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 6, 2013) -- More reserve-component Soldiers may now be eligible to receive retirement pay before 60, if they meet certain criteria. As of January 2013, Congress authorized more categories to the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, which originally applied only to reserve-component Soldiers serving in overseas contingency operations like … [Read more...]
MACG-28 Tests New Corps Mentorship Program
June 6, 2013, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- Marine Air Control Group 28 began testing the Marine Corps Leadership Development Program May 29. The LDP is a new way of training Marines and is replacing the mentorship program. “One of the flaws the mentorship program had was that not every Marine was receiving the same information,” said Master … [Read more...]
Career Waypoints Replaces Perform to Serve
ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS, June 6, 2013) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) initiated the Career Waypoints Program, replacing the Perform to Serve (PTS) process and other associated programs, June 3. The new system differs from the previous PTS as Sailors are guided toward a more decisive action instead of having to make a last minute decision to … [Read more...]
National Guard First Responders at Boston Marathon Awarded Army Commendation Medals
BOSTON (6/6/13) - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick; Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau and Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, adjutant general of the Massachusetts National Guard, presented Army Commendation Medals to members of the Massachusetts and New York National Guard at the historic Boston Common on Monday. The commendation medals recognized the service members … [Read more...]