JUNE 19, 2017, SOUTHWEST ASIA - It can start with a simple conversation. “How are you?” “Yeah, I bet you see some crazy stuff at your job.” “That must have been really hard for you to process.” What at first seems like a run-of-the-mill conversation, stemming from a friendly visit, is more than meets the eye. It is a check-in. It is non-invasive, and it is from a friendly face … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
Building Partnerships Through Subject Matter Expert Exchange
June 19, 2017 - It was a scorching-hot blistering day as the temperature peaked over 105 degrees. Seated shoulder-to-shoulder inside an MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft, more than two dozen Marines prepared to offload into a landing zone in Saudi Arabia. U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis … [Read more...]
Results of Comprehensive Review of Physiological Episodes Released
JUNE 16, 2017, WASHINGTON (NNS) - The Navy released the results of a comprehensive review of physiological episodes that was conducted to determine the causes of and recommendations to eliminate physiological episodes (PEs) within Naval Aviation June 15. In April Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran directed Adm. Scott Swift, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, to lead … [Read more...]
Healthy Minds Make Healthy Marines During Fitness Road Show
JUNE 16, 2017, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Instructors with the Force Fitness Division from Quantico, Virginia visited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan as part of a Fitness Road Show June 14, 2017. The road show helped developers of Force Fitness Instruction course, or FFI, critique their former students’ teaching methods, the course and answer any … [Read more...]
Physical Therapists Keep Service Members Fit to Fight
JUNE 16, 2017, SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) - In a deployed environment, injuries happen. Whether they occur in the performance of duty or through the course of physical exercise, they have the potential to impact the mission. Each individual in the military, and their ability to perform their duties, plays an important role in the success of the greater mission. For the two-man … [Read more...]