JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - August 28, 2015 -- Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody delivered the initial handout of the pamphlet, “America’s Air Force: A Profession of Arms,” Aug. 27 to the Air Force’s newest Airmen at … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
LAAD Gunners Aim High
Friday, August 28, 2015 -- Through the sights of the weapon, a Marine scans the horizon, searching for her target. The unrelenting desert sun shines down, failing to break her concentration. Unwaveringly, she continues to gaze through the sights, acquiring the target. She locks on and fires. The Marines of Low Altitude Air Defense Gunner’s Course 3-15 conducted a Stinger … [Read more...]
‘Underway! Shift Colors!’ Ike Concludes Availability with Triumphant Return to Sea
ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) - August 28, 2015 -- The crew of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) returned to sea, Aug. 28, following a 23-month dry-docking planned incremental availability (DPIA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY). With 14 deployments to its credit, Ike commenced the availability period in Sept. 2013, to receive upgrades and maintenance … [Read more...]
C3CEN: 29 Years of Engineering for the U.S. Coast Guard
August 28, 2015 -- The state of the art command, control, communications, surveillance, intelligence, navigation, and combat technologies managed by the dedicated team at the Command, Control, and Communications Engineering Center, C3CEN, enables our people, vessels and aircraft to successfully perform each of the Coast Guard’s 11 missions. C3CEN evolved from the Command … [Read more...]
Oregon Army Guard Member Set to Receive Soldier’s Medal for Actions on a Paris-Bound Train
ARLINGTON, Va. - August 27, 2015- - Spc. Aleksander R. Skarlatos, one of three American friends who subdued a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldiers Medal - the United States Army's highest award for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy - senior Army leaders announced today. Skarlatos, a member of the Oregon Army … [Read more...]