MAY 23, 2020 - Each year, on the last Monday in May, the United States honors on Memorial Day. Veteran’s groups, active-duty military units, government officials and Families turn out for ceremonies and to place flags on veterans’ graves in cemeteries across the country. The Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk’s Memorial Day ceremony was held May 21 at Warrior … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2020
National Maritime Day: Merchant Mariners of Military Sealift Command
MAY 22, 2020 - National Maritime Day is celebrated each year to recognize one of our country’s most important industries, and honor the sacrifices of past and present U.S. merchant mariners. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Maritime Day in 1933, to commemorate the first steam-assisted Trans-Atlantic crossing by the SS Savannah on May 22, 1819. The merchant mariners … [Read more...]
Navy, Army Partner for 3D Printing of Test Swabs
MAY 22, 2020 - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity at Fort Detrick, Maryland, finalized a memorandum of agreement to support the production and delivery of 3D-printed nasopharyngeal test swabs needed to support diagnostic testing for COVID-19. This partnership will ensure the test swabs are safe and effective … [Read more...]
Navy Reserve Extends Drill Postponement until June 30th
MAY 22, 2020 - In a new message to all Navy Reservists, Commander, Navy Reserve Force (CNRF) is extending the current postponement of on-site Reserve drill weekends until June 30, and providing additional guidance resulting from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. ALNAVRESFOR 012/20, released today, provides guidance for the following topics: drill weekends, teleworking, … [Read more...]
Brigades Move to New Model for Basic Training
MAY 22, 2020 - Newly arrived trainees at Fort Sill don’t realize just how different their Basic Combat Training experience is, but for battery command teams, drill sergeants, and cadre used to the “old normal” it’s a major cultural shift. Like the Army’s other basic training locations, the 434th Field Artillery Brigade has gone to a “two plus eight” model for basic … [Read more...]