August 20, 2014, NEW ORLEANS - Marine administrative message 409/14 announces the fiscal year 2014 Selected Marine Corps Reserve Enlisted Retention Survey. This survey allows Reserve Marines the opportunity to communicate to senior leaders their views regarding their experience and possible future service in the Marine Corps Reserve. The SMCR has provided more than twelve … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2014
U.S. Army Officer Competes for One-Way Ticket to Mars
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2014) - A U.S. Army officer from the 20th CBRNE Command (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives), stationed here, is in the running for a one-way ticket to Mars. The potential Martian colonist is 1st Lt. Heidi Beemer, the decontamination platoon leader for the 63rd Chemical Company, 83rd Chemical Battalion, 48th Chemical Brigade. … [Read more...]
The Judge Advocate General’s Corps Announces Law School Programs
August 20, 2014, PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) - Officers interested in continuing to serve the Air Force as a judge advocate are able to apply to the Funded Legal Education Program, or FLEP, and the Excess Leave Program, ELP. Officers selected for FLEP have the opportunity to attend law school at the Air Force's expense while also continuing to receive full pay, … [Read more...]
Feedback Welcome On New Performance Triad app
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug, 20, 2014) - Important information and helpful links on sleep, activity and nutrition -- the three components of Performance Triad -- are now available as an app that can be downloaded to any smartphone. While the Performance Triad version 1.0 is useful in its current form, future versions will contain interactive features, according to Lt. … [Read more...]
Changes to Academic Degree and Developmental Education Expectations
August 19, 2014, WASHINGTON, (AFNS) - Air Force officials announced actions designed to set clear expectations, restore Airmen's time and refocus officer promotions on job performance. The Air Force has addressed long-standing perceptions that to be promoted, officers must complete an advanced academic degree, and those officers selected by a promotion board to attend … [Read more...]