JULY 7, 2016, CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Sgt. Elizabeth Marks earned a Paralympic berth at the 2016 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team Trials, June 30 through July 2, at the Mecklenburg County Aquatic Center. Marks, 25, is a native of Prescott Valley, Arizona. She joined the Army at age 17 and is the first Soldier in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program to become a … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Prepare Your Finances for Deployment
JULY 7, 2016, by Anum Yoon - Military families often face challenges that civilian families don’t. To name a few: Reassignments, deployments, solo assignments and, at times, the struggle to find their way around foreign countries when they don’t know the language or customs. While starting over in a new city, state or country, regardless of whether you’re military, a dependent … [Read more...]
Navy Releases Mid-Year SRB Update
JULY 6, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Navy released an update to the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) award plan July 5 in NAVADMIN 155/16 that includes 25 award level decreases and four skills removed from the list released earlier this year in NAVADMIN 036/16. Eighty-four skills remain unchanged in this update and no skills were added or had award levels increased. NAVADMIN … [Read more...]
Army Researchers Testing Zika Vaccine
JULY 6, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - Doctors at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research who have developed a Zika vaccine that they've successfully tested on mice are now testing it on monkeys and hope to begin testing on humans later this year. Their study, published, June 28, in the journal Nature, demonstrated how mice developed immunity to the Zika virus … [Read more...]
New Navy, Old Tar
JULY 6, 2016, MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NNS) - For nearly three centuries of its existence, the U.S. Navy has kept tradition at the core of its daily operations. The knowledge and know-how of sea farers has been passed down from generation to generation, ensuring that the greatest naval force stays true to its roots. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) recently gained a wealth … [Read more...]