JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Jan. 06, 2014 (AFNS) - A quality force review board will convene here May 5-16 to consider eligible Airmen for retention, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced recently. The board is one of several fiscal 2014 force management programs that have been or will be implemented to help achieve manpower and force structure goals as … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
USS Monterey Completes 5th and 6th Fleet Deployment
NORFOLK, Jan. 06, 2014 (NNS) - Guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) and embarked air detachment, the "Vipers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 48, returned to Naval Station Norfolk, Jan. 5 after completing a nine-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operations. Monterey deployed April 8 as a ballistic missile defense ship, in … [Read more...]
Synthetic Drugs Dangerous and Can End Army Career
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 3, 2014) - Not only are synthetic drugs dangerous, but they can cost a Soldier his or her military career. The Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, said users of synthetic drugs have suffered vomiting, anxiety, seizures, hallucinations, loss of consciousness, organ damage, and even death. Soldiers can face disciplinary action that … [Read more...]
Comics Entertain Troops in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2014 - Hundreds of International Security Assistance Force service members and civilians assigned here started the year with laughter at an entertainment show featuring comedians Tommy Davidson and Rob Maher. Maher kicked off the New Year’s Day event with a stand-up routine and expressed his personal appreciation to the troops … [Read more...]
Military Blood Program Director Urges Generosity
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2014 - Air Force Col. Richard H. McBride wants all service members to be part of a new arms race. McBride, the director of the Armed Services Blood Program, wants service members to roll up their sleeves and donate blood to help their fellow service members and their families. Historically, blood levels shrink around the holidays, and since 1970 January … [Read more...]