MAY 24, 2016, MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NNS) - USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, made history today as the first amphibious command ship to have an MV-22B Osprey land on its flight deck, May 23. The MV-22B and crew are part of "The Thunder Chickens" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263), based out of Marine Corps Air Station New River in Jacksonville, … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
AF Defers Promotion and Re-Enlistment Ineligibility Policy Tied to Enlisted Distance Learning Completion
MAY 24, 2016, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The Air Force has deferred the effective date for promotion and re-enlistment eligibility associated with the Air Force policy to complete enlisted professional military education distance learning courses within 12 months of enrollment until Jan. 1. The six-month deferment allows additional time to validate notification and acknowledgment … [Read more...]
Soldier for Life: Beginning the Transition Process
MAY 24, 2016, FORT RUCKER, Ala. - So, you just looked at your countdown calendar and, in about a year, you're going to be parting company with the Army. "Wow!" you think, "That time will pass fast." You're suddenly overcome with a gnawing feeling that you ought to be doing something to get ready for this major change in your life. Then you remember one of your friends … [Read more...]
America Flies through Flight Deck Recertification
MAY 24, 2016, PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) - Flight operations is an essential piece of the Navy's mission of maintaining freedom of the seas, deterring aggression and having a capable warfighting force. The Navy's key assets for aviation requirements are aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. As an amphibious assault ship optimized for Marine aviation, USS America (LHA 6) … [Read more...]
Exchange Program Works to Retain Airmen
MAY 24, 2016, MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. (AFNS) - In an effort to educate, retain and expand the views of Airmen here, a civil engineer squadron member has recently started an Airmen exchange program. "It's important that we allow Airmen to have that broader view in the beginning because it saves our great Airmen," said Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy Huggins, the 22nd CES … [Read more...]