AUGUST 17, 2021 - In July, Marine Corps Systems Command began fielding new hearing enhancement devices to support infantry Marines in various training and combat environments. The HED protects the warfighter’s hearing and enhances voice communication in loud environments. The capability increases Marines’ situational awareness by enabling them to communicate messages more … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2021
Navy Recruiters Go Mobile
AUGUST 17, 2021 – Navy recruiting experienced many challenges this past year and a half while operating under a pandemic. Recruiters needed to be flexible, which meant having the right tools, at the right place, at the right time. As one answer to that need, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, Rear Adm. Dennis Velez, as part of his second year priorities, called for the release … [Read more...]
Afghanistan: How Veterans Can Learn From Vietnam Veterans
AUGUST 17, 2021 - This is the second in a four-part series about Afghanistan Veterans and how they can get help through VA. Read the other parts: Part 1: Afghanistan: How Veterans can reconcile service The second part of this series focuses on how those who served in Afghanistan can learn from those who served in Vietnam. While the conflicts are different, there are … [Read more...]
Taliban Take Kabul
AUGUST 17, 2021 - Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban, and U.S. troops now in the country are working to secure Hamid Karzai International Airport to enable the safe departure of U.S., allied and Afghan partners from the country. News reports show many Taliban in the streets, some toting American weapons. Other videos show Taliban patrolling the streets in Humvees. The … [Read more...]
Officials Say Kabul Airport Is Secured; DOD Evacuating Americans
AUGUST 17, 2021 - Securing the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and evacuating Americans and Afghans with special immigration visas remains the goal of U.S. troops in that nation, an official of the Joint Staff said today. Army Maj. Gen. Henry "Hank" Taylor, Joint Staff director of current operations, and Gary Reed, director of DOD's Afghanistan crisis action group, updated … [Read more...]