Senior Airman Brigitte N. Brantley 8th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 8/15/2012 - YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea (AFNS) -- When Tech. Sgts. Gena and Barry Armstrong received orders to Korea, their marriage had gone through some rough patches and they had all but decided divorce seemed like a good idea. The couple had dealt with numerous deployments and temporary duties away from … [Read more...]
New Rank, New Uniforms
August 15, 2012 Electronics Technician First Class Petty Officer Sean McKenzie, Nuclear Power Training Unit and chief petty officer selectee, tries on a Navy service dress white uniform, commonly referred to as choker whites August 14, 2012, at the uniform shop at Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, S.C., while Master-at-Arms Chief Petty Officer Marvin McDonald, NPTU, … [Read more...]
Enlisted Village Cares for AF Widows, Families
by Airman 1st Class Jarrod Grammel 23rd Wing Public Affairs 8/14/2012 - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AFNS) -- The Air Force Enlisted Village was founded in 1967 after a survey conducted by AFSA concluded there were almost 50,000 widows of enlisted men living in poverty. With the help of former Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Ryan and his wife, a group of active duty and retired … [Read more...]
Marilyn Monroe and The General
By Col. Michael J. Underkofler 514th Air Mobility Wing commander 8/14/2012 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Plastered across the pages of many magazines, blogs and newspapers last week were photos and stories about the untimely death of actress Marilyn Monroe 50 years ago. Some authors went beyond just simply discussing her beauty or sexual exploits and opined … [Read more...]
Book Review: Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia
Book Review: Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia One of the most common bits of advice for aspiring writers is to write what you know. Larry Correia took that bit of wisdom and ran with it like Jesse Owens. Correia knows guns and b-horror movies and he combines his passions into a novel that reads like a mix of Supernatural and The Dirty Dozen. Monster Hunter … [Read more...]