WASHINGTON (NNS) - August 27, 2015 -- While September is Suicide Prevention Month, subject matter experts from the 21st Century Sailor Office's Suicide Prevention Office, OPNAV N171, say their goal isn't to prevent suicide on just a single day or month, but every day of the year. "Every life is precious, and the fight is year-round," said Capt. Mike Fisher, OPNAV N171 … [Read more...]
Ten Years Later, Marines Remember Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
GULFPORT, Miss. - August 27, 2015 -- The coastline of southern Mississippi was lined with large, historic houses with lush green yards and tall palm trees. Families had owned houses along the coast for many decades, each with a front walkway and stairs leading to their grand house. There was a charm about the area. Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area Aug. … [Read more...]
All Cannon Military Occupational Specialties Could Soon Open to Females
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 27, 2015) -- Army leadership has recommended that field artillery military occupational specialties, or MOSs, 13B (cannon crewmember) and 13D (automated tactical data systems specialist) be open to women, the Army's chief of field artillery said. "We are waiting on a Department of the Army decision in reference to Field Artillery MOS 13F … [Read more...]
Navy Senior Chief Named American Culinary Federation’s Chef of the Year
WASHINGTON, August 25, 2015 — Say "military cook" to most Americans, and they will conjure a picture of Cookie in the Beetle Bailey comic strip. They certainly wouldn’t conjure a picture of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Derrick D. Davenport, an executive chef with the Joint Staff and the 2015 American Culinary Federation’s Chef of the Year. The Chef of the … [Read more...]
Lifeliner Signal Soldiers Hone Technical, Tactical Skills
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Aug. 25, 2015) -- Soldiers, with the 58th Signal Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Sustainment Brigade, trained on both their tactical and technical skills during a two-week field training exercise in the training area here this month. The 58th Signal Company teamed up with Company B, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry … [Read more...]