SEPTEMBER 14, 2016, GREAT LAKES (NNS) - In an effort to bring stronger awareness to suicide prevention, Training Support Center (TSC), Great Lakes, promoted the Navy's message of "1SmallAct" during special training sessions for staff and students Sept. 7-8 and 12. The message encourages all members to learn the acronym ACT; "ASK" directly are you thinking of killing … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
Air Force’s Voluntary Limited Period of Active Duty Program Adds Multiple Career Fields and Vacancies
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The Air Force’s Voluntary Limited Period of Active Duty (VLPAD) program has added a number of career fields for selected air reserve component line of the Air Force officers. For three years and one day, Reserve and Air National Guard officers from certain Air Force specialties can fill vacant active-duty … [Read more...]
Therapeutic Retreats May Reduce PTSD Symptoms and Improve Relationships
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - Preliminary results indicate that therapeutic retreats can reduce PTSD symptoms in veterans and improve relationships for both veterans and their caregivers. The results come from four-day healing retreats studied by the Institute for the Health and Security of Military Families. During the retreats, participants were … [Read more...]
September 11 Memorial Stair Climb to Remember
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, IWAKUNI, Japan - Marines, sailors and civilians joined together for a September 11 Memorial Stair Climb at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 9, 2016. The stair climb honored the fallen firefighters who responded to the attacks on the World Trade Centers on Sept. 11, 2001. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines with Headquarters and … [Read more...]
All the Way Up
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, ARABIAN GULF (NNS) - The body harness scraping against the ladder can be heard as Electronics Technician 3rd Class Brian Evans and Electronics Technician Seaman Krystal Paquette climb all the way up the never-ending ladder inside of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's (CVN 69) (Ike) mast. The howling wind and shining sun greet them as they open the scuttle that … [Read more...]