ABOARD USS DENVER AT SEA, Mar. 10, 2014 - Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Fenstermaker is a data technician for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Command Element, but he currently serves as the data communications chief aboard USS Denver, one of three ships deployed with the USS Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group. He holds this billet of responsibility, normally … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
CSAF, CMSAF visit Altus AFB
March 10, 2014, ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFNS) - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and their spouses, Betty and Athena, spent two days here to tour the installation and meet Airmen and their families March 5 and 6. Welsh also served as keynote speaker at the Altus Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet in the … [Read more...]
Paralympic Games Open in Sochi
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 10, 2013) - The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games opened Friday with a ceremony called "Breaking the Ice," honoring the strength of human spirit. Staff Sgt. Jen Lee, a goalie for the USA sled hockey team, was among athletes at Fisht Olympic Stadium and the sports complex along the Black Sea where the closing of the XXII Olympic Winter … [Read more...]
USS Kidd Joins USS Pinckney in Search Efforts of Flight MH370
March 10, 2014, Gulf of Thailand (NNS) - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) has joined USS Pinckney (DDG 91) in the search efforts of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, March 10. Kidd brings the same Arleigh-Burke Class capabilities as Pinckney with its two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters which are designed for search and rescue, as well as … [Read more...]
DOD’s Top Doc Outlines Medical Advances
WASHINGTON, Mar. 7, 2014 - The Defense Department’s top doctor says the innovations and technology in military medicine derived from more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan have led to advances in caring for the sick and injured. Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, told the Reserve Officer Association yesterday that in … [Read more...]