Throughout the Corps, Marines have done whatever it takes to get out of the barracks, but is barracks-life really all that bad? Whatever your opinion, you can expect to see more non-commissioned officers living in bachelor enlisted quarters Corps-wide, due to budget cuts throughout the Department of Defense. Per Marine Administrative Message 429/11 a freeze has been placed on … [Read more...]
Service Members Killed In CH-47 Crash Identified
August 11, 2011 From Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of 30 service members who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed. The following sailors assigned to an … [Read more...]
ISAF Airstrike Kills Insurgents Who Caused Helicopter Crash
By Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service 8/10/2011 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Coalition forces used a precision airstrike to kill Taliban insurgents involved in the Aug. 6 downing of the helicopter carrying 30 U.S. service members and eight Afghans, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan said Aug. 10. In a briefing from his headquarters in the Afghan … [Read more...]
New Revisions to Post-9/11 G.I. Bill
The Navy released revisions to the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill policy Aug. 4, providing Sailors, veterans and their families updated information on their educational benefit options. "When the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill came about, it was a tremendous undertaking and an opportunity for Congress to reward our service members and veterans for their service to this country," said Ann Hunter, … [Read more...]
President Obama Awaits the Return of Bodies of 30 U.S Servicemen
August 8, 2011 President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base on Tuesday to attend the return of the bodies of 30 U.S. servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Saturday. It was the deadliest day in the history of the decade-long war. Obama’s motorcade left the White House at 11:32 a.m., and arrived at Ft. McNair at 11:45 a.m. Four helicopters carrying the … [Read more...]