JUNE 14, 2017, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. - Marine Corps bases worldwide are gaining increased emergency response capabilities with the implementation of the Consolidated Emergency Response System, or CERS. CERS standardizes emergency dispatching capabilities and provides emergency first responders with enhanced command and coordination to support all hazardous response … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
South Dakota National Guard’s Participants Experience River Crossing During 2017 Golden Coyote
JUNE 13, 2017, CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. - Military units participating in the South Dakota National Guard's 33rd annual Golden Coyote training exercise experienced a river crossing operation on the Missouri River near Chamberlain, June 10-11 The river crossing signals the start of the two-week exercise hosted every June in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where units traveling from … [Read more...]
Mattis Asks Congress for Stable Budgets, End to Sequestration During Budget Hearing on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017 - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis today launched a full-throated attack on looming across-the-board spending cuts during a budget hearing on Capitol Hill, saying "no enemy in the field has done more to harm the combat readiness of our military than sequestration." The sequestration provision of the Budget Control Act of 2011 imposes across-the-board … [Read more...]
A Welder, Cannoneer and a Marine
June 13, 2017, Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. - With 13 years of experience as an artillery Marine, Staff Sgt. Travis J. Zurick calmly observes as his Marines shoot 24,000 pound rockets at targets 40 kilometers away in the windy and desolate terrain of Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. “The artillery shapes the battlefield,” said Zurick, a Marine with a field sunburn and uniform … [Read more...]
‘Voice’ Winner Sundance Head Launching Air Force Tour
JUNE 13, 2017, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) - Sundance Head, the winner of NBC’s “The Voice” season 11, is ready and eager to bring his original soul country music to Air Force audiences. As part of its initiative to bring quality entertainment to Airmen and their families, the Air Force Services Activity was just as eager to sign the Texas music artist to a … [Read more...]