MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- December 15, 2015 -- The F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter personifies great strides in modern air dominance capability. Among its characteristics of radar-evading stealth, supersonic speeds, fighter agility and advanced logistical support comes the capability to perform vertical take-off and … [Read more...]
Wreaths Honor Those Who Gave All
ARLINGTON, Va. (Air Force News Service, Dec. 15, 2015) -- Once Susan Zerbe learned that a CH-47 Chinook helicopter had been shot down in Afghanistan, killing all 30 U.S. troops on board, she knew her son was one of them. "I heard it on the news that morning and I just knew he was on there," she said of her son, Tech. Sgt. Daniel Lee Zerbe. Hours later, her premonition … [Read more...]
NCOs with Poor Conduct, Performance Face Possible Discharge
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Dec. 11, 2015) -- Senior noncommissioned officer, or NCO, selection boards and the Qualitative Management Program, or QMP boards, scheduled for the second, third and fourth quarters of this fiscal year, will consider Soldiers in all components, E-6 through E-9, for possible involuntary separation. Notification memos went out today for the March … [Read more...]
US Navy Corpsmen, Marines Contribute to Life-Saving Efforts in Iraq
December 10, 2015 -- AL TAQADDUM, Iraq -- As the battle for Ramadi and Fallujah continues near Al Taqaddum, Iraq, members of the Iraqi armed forces conduct counterattack missions as part of the efforts to regain control over the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant-occupied cities. Near the fight, personnel assigned to Task Force Al Taqaddum are standing by to provide medical … [Read more...]
Dog Tags Get First Update in 40 Years
FORT KNOX, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2015) -- After more than four decades, the identification tags issued to all Soldiers, commonly called "dog tags," are getting an update. In accordance with Department of Defense guidance governing the reduction of the use of Social Security numbers, the Army published a new version of Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-8-14, Nov. 30. The pamphlet … [Read more...]