JUNE 9, 2016, TORUN, Poland - Exercise Swift Response 16 kicked in to high gear here this week as paratroopers from the British, Italian, Polish and U.S. Army conducted multiple and simultaneous airborne jumps on to the Polish countryside as a demonstration of allied rapid response capabilities. Exercise Swift Response 2016 (SR16) is one of the premier military crisis … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
US and NATO Allies Converge for War-Time Scenario Exercise Saber Strike
JUNE 9, 2016, RIGA, Latvia - Armed Forces from 13 NATO countries, including Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force and Combat Logistics Regiment 2, will gather for Exercise Saber Strike. They are taking part in an annual exercise to improve their ability to quickly move troops and prepositioned equipment from caves in Norway wherever the next conflict should … [Read more...]
AIRBOSS Hosts 2016 Female Aviator Career Training Symposium
JUNE 9, 2016, SAN DIEGO (NNS) - More than 130 female aviators from 71 different commands attended the 2016 Female Aviator Career Training Symposium (FACTS) at Point Loma Naval Base Admiral Kidd Club in San Diego, June 7-8. Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker, Commander, U.S. Naval Air Forces, used the symposium as an opportunity to foster, encourage, develop, and support female naval … [Read more...]
Oceanography Warrant Officers to Make a Return
JUNE 8, 2016, STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (NNS) - The Navy is bringing warrant officers back to Naval Oceanography in 2018 after a 28-year hiatus. In late March, the Navy Personnel Command released the message, NAVADMIN 079/16, reestablishing the program and at the same time disestablishing the Oceanography Limited Duty Officer (LDO) Program. "In order to meet the … [Read more...]
Leaders Challenge Soldiers: ‘Earn Your Cake’
JUNE 8, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - The Army's 241st birthday is but a week away now, and Army leaders are saying of Soldiers "let them eat cake" ... but only if they're going to burn off the calories with some robust physical training. Under Secretary of the Army Patrick J. Murphy, a Soldier for Life, and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey will both earn … [Read more...]