August 11, 2015 - CACHE CREEK NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Burning on one side of Northern California’s Cache Creek is the Rocky Fire, the Golden State’s largest wildfire so far this year. On the river’s other side are the brave people who are going to kill it. In between is the California Army National Guard’s 132nd Multirole Bridge Company, which is … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
HMHT-302, CLB-6 Perform Dual Training in External Lifts
August 11, 2015 - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302 and Combat Logistics Battalion 6 participated in a dual-point, external lift training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 5, 2015. Two student pilots flew under the direction of Maj. Matt Weaver, a CH-53E Super Stallion instructor … [Read more...]
Army Science, Technology Team Advances Language Translation in Africa
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 11, 2015) -- A U.S. Army team is testing and helping to develop a language translator to enable Soldiers communicate with their African counterparts. Improving the ability of American service members to communicate in foreign languages, particularly in French dialects, is becoming critical in Africa, said Maj. Eddie Strimel, the field … [Read more...]
Joint Chiefs Senior Enlisted Advisor Visits Missouri National Guard
August 10, 2015 - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri National Guard had the privilege of hosting U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a recent tour of the Midwest, meeting with enlisted personnel from all branches of service, in an effort to gauge issues that service members may be … [Read more...]
Ashland and 31st MEU Transport Water into Saipan
August 10, 2015 - SAIPAN HARBOR, Saipan (NNS) -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in Saipan on Aug. 8 and is providing disaster relief in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor. When the ship was tasked to go to Saipan earlier in the week, Ashland's Sailors and Marines quickly reconfigured the ship's well deck and … [Read more...]