AUGUST 19, 2016, SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) - Air Force Space Command’s “Neighborhood Watch” satellites, from the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, recently responded to the Navy’s request for help with a satellite out of target orbit of its own. The Joint Functional Component Command for Space officially tasked the 1st Space Operations Squadron … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
Pacific Partnership 2016 and Malaysian Armed Forces Team Up for Search and Rescue Exercise
AUGUST 19, 2016, KUANTAN, Malaysia (NNS) - Pacific Partnership 2016 and Malaysian armed forces (MAF) personnel collaborated to execute a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) that ended with a casualty response drill aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), Aug. 14. During the exercise, participants came together to plan and execute a coordinated response to a simulated … [Read more...]
Marines Wrap Up Exercise Koolendong 2016 with Live Fire Gas Attack
AUGUST 19, 2016, BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, Northern Territory, Australia - As the dust settled after thousands of rounds of ammunition were shot at targets on the foggy morning of August 18, 2016, Marines celebrated the end of the two week long Exercise Koolendong. The exercise took place in the heart of the Outback of Australia in Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern … [Read more...]
A Text to Arms: 5 Ways SMS Messaging is Changing the Way Our Military Recruits
August 19, 2016, by Sophorn Chhay - A successful recruiting strategy has to cut through the noise; the military’s intended demographic is besieged by messaging from other job sources and from commercial advertisers of all shapes and sizes, each entity hoping to capture its audience’s attention. To reach farther and work better, these campaigns need to be smarter, and to many … [Read more...]
Navy Announces Adjustments to Time-In-Grade Waiver Policy
AUGUST 18, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - The Navy announced an update to the time-in-grade waiver policy for commanders and captains with at least 24-months time in grade (TIG) to request a waiver to retire at their current rank before completing their 36 month time-in-grade commitment in NAVADMIN 182/16 Aug. 17. Rather than a blanket authorization for officer communities to … [Read more...]