WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 2, 2016) - During the Memorial Day weekend, amidst the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally at the Pentagon, a quiet but brief scene unfolded in the din of thousands of rumbling engines. Two women, sisters of two veterans who lost their lives in service to the country, were awarded full educational Living Legacy Scholarships by the by Columbia … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
DoD Program Offers Transitioning Service Members Experience with Civilian Companies
JUNE 2, 2016, GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) - Lt. William Dix, former legal officer of Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes concluded his involvement in a program which gives transitioning service members experience with civilian companies and allowed him to serve his final six months on active duty by interning with local companies May 31. Under the framework of the … [Read more...]
Army to Administer Four-Part OPAT to Recruits
JUNE 2, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - The Army currently uses the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, or ASVAB, as a predictor of a future Soldier's ability to meet the academic requirements needed to do well in a particular military occupational specialty. This summer, the Army will add the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, or OPAT, as a way to predict a … [Read more...]
SECNAV Announces New Administrative Separation Policy
JUNE 2, 2016, NEW YORK (NNS) - To protect Sailors and Marines suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI) or any other diagnosed mental health condition, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has made his department the first in the military to assure such conditions are considered before separating a service member. Previously a service … [Read more...]
US, UK forces Join Canada Army’s Largest Military Exercise
JUNE 2, 2016, CANADIAN FORCES BASE WAINWRIGHT, Canada - It is one of the few hours of darkness in Alberta, leaving the big grey brute in the sky without a shadow to cast. The C-130's four turboprop engines cut through the clouds. When runway lights become visible on the horizon, he pitches his nose downward and descends. Cradled in his arms, rows of sleeping soldiers sit bathed … [Read more...]