APRIL 15, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Air Force officials announced April 14 that Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina; Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts; and Grissom ARB, Indiana are candidate bases for the first Air Force Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus location. The KC-46As will begin arriving at the first Air Force Reserve-led Global … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
Preparing for the Tough Decisions: the Coast Guard Academy’s Annual Ethics Forum
by LTJG Katie Braynard, April 15, 2015 - Each May, around 200 cadets raise their right hands and take the oath of office, concluding the declaration with, “…I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” It’s what those new officers commit to the American public, in return for supporting … [Read more...]
Strategic Partnership by the U.S. and Iraq
April 14, 2015 President Obama welcomed Haider Al-Abadi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, and the accompanying delegation to Washington from April 13-16, 2015. The President and the Prime Minister met today at the White House to reaffirm the long-term U.S.-Iraq strategic partnership based on mutual respect and common interests and their shared commitment to the … [Read more...]
Five Humanities Degrees to Pursue Before ETS
APRIL 14, 2015 - A few articles have already discussed degrees to pursue before ETS. Among them have been discussions of medical careers and engineering degrees. Today’s article takes a slightly different track. These will be a few degrees that are a little more nebulous in terms of the MOSs that are well suited for this approach, but as a result they can be a bit more … [Read more...]
Proclamation and Parade Celebrates Military’s Youngest Warriors
April 14, 2015 - April is the month, which the nation has set aside to recognize the sacrifices 1.8 million military children endure as a result of active-duty parents transitioning during permanent and temporary deployments. The cadence of drummers, chants of cheerleaders and the voices of child development center students, base personnel, parents and guests echoed outside … [Read more...]