JULY 22, 2016, OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AFNS) - A-10 Thunderbolt IIs make low passes over mountaintops, providing cover fire for two HH-60 Pave Hawks carrying Air Force rescue teams as they all coordinate to find downed pilots behind enemy lines. A distress call is heard on the radio over the roar of rotor blades as a Pave Hawk begins to descend, blasting dust and debris in … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
Annual Guam Liberation Day Parade Brings Local and Military Communities Together
JULY 22, 2016, HAGATNA, Guam (NNS) - Thousands of island residents, service members and visitors lined a stretch of Marine Corps Drive in Hagatna, Guam for the Liberation Day parade July 21. The parade commemorated 72 years since U.S. armed forces liberated the island from Japanese occupation during World War II, and kicked off with a B-52 flyover from Andersen Air Force … [Read more...]
Military Members Pitch In To Maintain Public Health
JULY 22, 2016, NORWICH, N.Y. - To maintain the safety of military members and patients daily, a team of public health officials inspect food, waste, industrial hygiene and water during the Greater Chenango Cares Innovative Readiness Training, July 15-24. Though the IRT provides quality medical services at no costs to patients, an essential purpose for the mission is to allow … [Read more...]
The Ways that the Military is Using Alternative Energy
July 22, 2016, by Jerry Nelson – The US military knows that its branches must revamp their thinking about how to engage in “the theater of war” in the new, post-Cold War world of the 21st century. One thing that the military leaders stress is the desire for the forces deployed in the theater to be able to be more energy-independent. Currently the US military has policies and … [Read more...]
Sailors Taking Fall Classes Should Start Tuition Assistance Approval Process Now
JULY 21, 2016, PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) - Sailors taking Fall classes using Tuition Assistance (TA) should submit their requests as soon as possible, so they may be reviewed and approved before classes start. According to Ernest D'Antonio, the Naval Education and Training Professional Development Technology Center's Voluntary Education (VOLED) program director, the number one … [Read more...]