March 14, 2014 - Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp testified recently before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on the Coast Guard’s Fiscal Year 2015 budget request. The Commandant led his opening statement by thanking both the Subcommittee and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson for their continued … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
Increased Assignment Flexibility Allows Detailers to Fill Anticipated Vacancies
March 14, 2014, MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) - A change to personnel policy now allows detailers to write orders directing the transfer of Sailors up to six months prior to or after their Projected Rotation Date (PRD). Additionally, shore duty Sailors in paygrades E-4 to E-9 may be pulled for Early Return to Sea Duty, after having completed at least 24-months ashore. A change … [Read more...]
Officials Update Congress on Military Space Policy, Challenges
March 14, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - If potential adversaries are to challenge the United States, they must do so in the space domain, the Defense Department’s top space policy official told Congress here March 12. Douglas L. Loverro, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, joined by Gen. William L. Shelton, the commander of Air Force Space Command, … [Read more...]
Centennial World War I Commemoration Effort Gears Up
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2014 - It was called The Great War even as it was going on. It engulfed the world, and the world is still feeling its effects. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, and U.S. officials are gearing up to mark the centennial. In his day job, Robert J. Dalessandro is the director of the U.S. Army Center of Military History at … [Read more...]
Experimental Combat Unit to Test Integrating Female Marines
March 13, 2014, QUANTICO, Va. - The Marine Corps plans to stand up an experimental task force comprised of both men and women volunteers in primarily ground-combat-arms specialties for about a year so analysts can assess their performance, the general officer overseeing the Marine Corps’ force-integration planning effort said March 10. Brig. Gen. George W. Smith Jr. … [Read more...]