AUGUST 24, 2016, FORT MCCOY, Wisconsin - Reserve Marines and Sailors from 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, participated in Exercise Global Medic for their 2016 annual training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 13- 23. The training was designed to put roughly 100 Marines and Navy medical staff of all different military occupational … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
MARSOC to Receive New Breast Insignia
AUGUST 23, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - Marines serving in the military occupational specialties of critical skills operators (0372) and special operations officers (0370), are now authorized to wear the new breast insignia. This change will be reflected in updates to Marine Corps Orders 1200.17E and P1020.34G. The new uniform item, now referred … [Read more...]
Air Force Releases FY17 First-Term Airman Retraining Quotas
AUGUST 23, 2016, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The Air Force has approved 1,688 fiscal year 2017 airman retraining quotas in 74 Air Force specialty codes for eligible active-duty, first-term Airmen. “The first-term Airman retraining program allows first-term Airmen, including staff sergeants who are in their first enlistment, to retrain in conjunction with … [Read more...]
New Army directive: Officers Must be Vetted Before Promotions are Confirmed
AUGUST 23, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - A change to Army regulations now requires that officers must be vetted before promotions are confirmed, before that officer's name ever crosses the desk of the Army secretary. While the Army has always investigated officers to ensure they are suitable for promotion, in the past such vetting usually took place at the same time … [Read more...]
F-35 Prepared to Undergo Chemical and Biological Decontamination Testing
AUGUST 23, 2016, EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) - After years of preparation, the 461st Flight Test Squadron and Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force are ready to tryout the F-35 Lightning II’s chemical and biological decontamination testing from weapons exposure. Contractors, Airmen and Air Force civilians have tirelessly worked in the high desert heat the past … [Read more...]