JULY 7, 2020 - The procedure to recover lost or damaged property is going digital on an Army-wide basis today, thanks to an innovation by the Minnesota National Guard to improve its stewardship of property. “We are moving from a 1977 Pontiac to a 2020 Ford,” says Col. Joe Ricker, G-4’s Deputy Director for Enterprise Systems. “It is certainly a big change.” The change … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2020
Air Force Surgeon General Talks About COVID-19, Innovation, Leadership
JULY 7, 2020 - Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, U.S. Air Force surgeon general, accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Air Force Surgeon General chief of medical operations, toured and learned about the Transport Isolation System aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, June 26. While inside the TIS, Maj. Mark Dellinger, 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron training flight commander, … [Read more...]
Air Force Leads Hurricane Season Preparedness
JULY 7, 2020 - With a projected record-setting hurricane season in the making, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Readiness Directorate is once again urging the Air Force community to “be ready” for natural disasters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, could include 19 named … [Read more...]
Army Adapts NCO Education in Response to Virus
JULY 7, 2020 - More than 200 enlisted Soldiers serving throughout the Middle East and Africa were slated to travel to Kuwait for the Army's Basic Leader Course in March. Then the military banned nonessential travel in response to the increasing threat of COVID-19. "I found out I wasn't going to BLC the day I was leaving," said Army Sgt. Robert M. Raitano, the noncommissioned … [Read more...]
Coming to America: Pursuing the American Dream in the Navy
JULY 6, 2020 - The Sierra Leone Civil War was a conflict between the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front and the Sierra Leone Government that lasted over ten years. This conflict would prove to be one of the most tragic events in history, resulting in the deaths of between 50 and 300 thousand and the displacement of over 2.5 million. Numerous atrocities were committed … [Read more...]