JUNE 29, 2021 - For graduating medical interns who are going to their first operational assignments as General Medical Officers (GMOs), Flight Surgeons and Undersea Medical Officers, the range and breadth of medical procedures and knowledge they are expected to have mastered can be a bit daunting. Naval Medical Readiness and Training Commands Portsmouth, San Diego and … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2021
Pilot Program Helps Military Parents With In-Home Child Care
JUNE 29, 2021 - Furthering its commitment to provide additional child care options to meet the needs of service members and military families, the Department of Defense will initiate a new pilot program to grant fee assistance to military families for full-time, in-home child care providers. The department recognizes that child care is a critical support for military … [Read more...]
Army Prepares to Start FY2022 Under Continuing Resolution
JUNE 29, 2021 - The Army expects to start fiscal year 2022 under a continuing resolution, as there is no indication that lawmakers will pass an appropriations bill before Oct. 1, the director for Army Budget said Thursday. The Army released its $173 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2022 last month, prioritizing people, readiness and modernization efforts with a $3.6 … [Read more...]
U.S., Australian, Japanese Militaries Complete Joint Training
JUNE 28, 2021 - In the heart of the Australian Outback, U.S. Marines, Australian Army soldiers, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers assembled and successfully conducted Exercise Southern Jackaroo. The trilateral exercise, held over a two-week period, was a tangible demonstration of multinational interoperability, where the forces worked through logistical and … [Read more...]
Anti-Submarine Warfare is an Art
JUNE 28, 2021 – The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) began a series of successful anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises in the Hawaiian Island Operating Area (HIOA), June 12. One of 68 in its class, ASW is a primary mission area of an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and is the ability to detect, track, classify and destroy submarines using both organic and … [Read more...]