HARLINGEN, Texas (12/31/13) - Chants of "Knock it Down, Knock it Down!" reverberated through a small Harlingen neighborhood in mid-December as the Texas Joint Counterdrug Task Force's Operation Crackdown demolished another abandoned and unsafe structure. The house was known as a drug haven to the Harlingen Police Department. The structure was less than half a mile from the … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2013
Victims of Sexual Assault ‘Safe With Medical Forensic Nurses’
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, December 30, 2013) - "It's important for victims of sexual assault to know that they are safe with the medical forensic nurses," said a nurse who's a sexual assault medical forensic examiner. "We will take care of their emotional, safety, medical and forensic care," with the understanding that victims have been through a traumatic event and are … [Read more...]
Enlisted Retention Board to Convene in June
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, December 30, 2013 (AFNS) - An enlisted retention board will convene here in June to consider eligible senior airmen through senior master sergeants for retention, Air Force Personnel Center officials said. The enlisted retention program is one of several expanded force management programs that have been or will be implemented this … [Read more...]
Obama-Signed Bill Provides Military Pay and Bonuses
WASHINGTON, December 27, 2013 - President Barack Obama signed House Resolution 3304 yesterday, which provides pay and bonuses for U.S. service members, enhances counterterrorism efforts overseas, builds security capacities of key U.S. partner-nations, expands efforts to prevent sexual assault and strengthens protections for victims. Here is the text of the president’s … [Read more...]
N.Y. Guard to Render Final Honors for 10,000 Veterans by End of 2013
HUDSON, N.Y. (December 26, 2013) - The New York Military Forces Honor Guard expects to have provided funeral services for just over 10,000 families in 2013 by the time 2014 arrives at midnight Dec. 31. For the New York Army National Guard team, this is slightly less than the 10,175 funerals the New York Military Forces Honor Guard conducted in 2012, and well below the peak of … [Read more...]