GEILENKIRCHEN, Germany, June 26, 2014 - The E-3A Component based here is an integrated, multinational, rapidly deployable asset to NATO providing airborne surveillance, command, control, and communication capabilities. These are of particular significance to the unit’s key role in council-approved operations such as Operation Afghan Assist in support of the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
VA Committed to Veterans’ Health and Well-Being, Official Says
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2014 - The Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledges systemic issues of timeliness in providing veterans with health care and is committed to fixing unacceptable patient scheduling practices, a senior VA official told Congress yesterday. Dr. Thomas Lynch, assistant deputy undersecretary for health for clinical operations, Veterans Health … [Read more...]
U.S. Advisors Arrive in Iraq to Begin Assessing Insurgency
June 26, 2014, WASHINGTON - The first U.S. service members ordered to Iraq to help the Iraqi military counter an advancing Sunni insurgency have arrived in the country, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said June 24. About 90 troops have arrived in Baghdad, where they will join some 40 others attached to the U.S. Embassy to establish assessment teams and a … [Read more...]
MWR Summer Recreation Activities Open to Troops and Families
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2014 - With summer just beginning, Defense Department officials want to remind service members and their families that low- to no-cost fitness and recreation opportunities exist to maintain military family readiness, a morale, welfare and recreation official said today. Chris Wright, MWR program analyst with DOD’s military community and family … [Read more...]
Pilotsand Combat Systems Officers May be Eligible for Retention Incentives
June 25, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Eligible active-duty pilots and combat systems officers have until Sept. 30 to apply for the fiscal year 2014 Aviator Retention Pay Program, Air Force officials said June 25. “As we re-size our force with the right balance of skills to meet Air Force mission requirements and continue to focus on retaining high-performing Airmen, ARP … [Read more...]