PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) - October 1, 2015 -- Approximately 350 families from Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases got off the couch and went outside to play during Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play event held in Patriot Park Sept. 26. "This is a Department of Defense-wide event where we partnered with Nickelodeon for the Worldwide Day of Play to promote … [Read more...]
Family Day Reunites California Teens, Parents After 70 Days in Youth ChalleNGe Program
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. - October 1, 2015 - After 70 days at Sunburst Youth ChalleNGe Academy, some cadets have changed so much, they barely understand the choices they once made. “When you have to stand at a position of attention for so long, you have time to think,” Cadet Asia King said Sept. 19 at Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) Los Alamitos in Orange County. … [Read more...]
Natick Developing New ‘Battlefield Kitchen’
NATICK, Mass. (Oct. 1, 2015) -- Mention "BK" to some people, and a certain fast-food establishment might come to mind. At the Natick Soldier Systems Center, however, those two letters refer to the latest in field feeding technology. The Battlefield Kitchen, or BK, being developed in a cooperative effort between the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center … [Read more...]
USS Ronald Reagan Arrives in Japan to Support Security, Stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region
October 1, 2015 - YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) for the first time as the U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, Oct. 1. Ronald Reagan's arrival to CFAY highlights her role as the fifth U.S. carrier forward deployed to the 7th Fleet area of responsibility … [Read more...]
First All-Female Honor Flight Gets Hero’s Welcome in Washington
WASHINGTON (Sept. 30, 2015) -- Female veterans, trailblazers who served in the military decades ago, received a hero's welcome, Sept. 22, after arriving in the nation's capital on the first all-female honor flight. "Best day of my life" is how retired Sgt. Maj. Sue Williams described the visit, which included stops at Arlington National Cemetery and the World War II … [Read more...]