PEARL HARBOR, Jan. 7, 2014 (NNS) - More than 100 athletes will gather for first Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational (WWPI) in Honolulu, Jan. 8-10. Members of Team Navy, which includes 40 Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, are preparing for competition by participating in a training camp at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 5-7. The WWPI is the largest joint-service … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
AER Begins Accepting Scholarship Applications
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Army News Service, Jan. 7, 2014) -- Army Emergency Relief has opened its scholarship application period for the 2014-15 school year. Applications from spouses and dependent children of Soldiers will be accepted from now until May 1, officials said. This year, scholarships will be awarded based solely on financial need, said Tammy LaCroix, manager for Army … [Read more...]
Last-Serving Vietnam War Veteran in the South Carolina National Guard Retires
COLUMBIA, S.C. (1/7/14) - Chief Warrant Officer Eric Seymore, a Vietnam War veteran and helicopter pilot in the South Carolina Army National Guard, bid farewell to more than 150 friends and family during his retirement ceremony held Jan. 5. This event not only culminated over 43 years of military service for Seymore, but closed a chapter in history for the S.C. National Guard, … [Read more...]
AF to Convene Enhanced Selective Early Retirement Board in June
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Jan. 6, 2014 (AFNS) - The Air Force will convene an enhanced selective early retirement board here June 16 to consider eligible officers for early retirement, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today. ESERB, a new authority granted in the fiscal 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, applies to regular, active-duty majors … [Read more...]
Army Team to Destroy Syrian Chemical Weapons Afloat
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Army News Service, Jan. 6, 2014) - Some 64 specialists from the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center are expected to depart for the Mediterranean in about two weeks aboard the ship MV Cape Ray to destroy chemical weapons from Syria. The nearly 650-foot-long ship, now in Portsmouth, will travel to a yet-to-be specified location in the Mediterranean and … [Read more...]