By Tech. Sgt. Stacia Zachary U.S. Air Forces Central combat correspondent 5/30/2011 - CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- Service members categorized as critical care aeromedical transport team patients are all leaving the contingency aeromedical staging facility with a very special package: a handmade quilt stitched with love. Shortly after the January arrival of the current … [Read more...]
President Honors Fallen Heros in Speech During A Memorial Day Service
11:25 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you so much. Please be seated. Thank you, Secretary Gates, and thank you for your extraordinary service to our nation. I think that Bob Gates will go down as one of our finest Secretaries of Defense in our history, and it’s been an honor to serve with him. (Applause.) I also want to say a word about Admiral Mullen. On a … [Read more...]
Navy’s New Language Learning Study Looking for Volunteers
May 25, 2011 From Center for Information Dominance Public Affairs PENSACOLA, Fla (NNS) -- The Navy's Center for Language, Regional Expertise and Culture (CLREC) and the Academic Consortium for Global Education (ACGE) announced May 24, volunteers are needed for a new language learning study. Volunteers are being asked to participate in a Navy research project testing an … [Read more...]
Marines Stand Victoriously as They Dominate Army in Sitting Volleyball at Warrior Games
5/24/2011 By Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes , Wounded Warrior Regiment COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The All-Marine sitting volleyball team toppled the Army in the last event of the 2011 Warrior Games. It took the Marines just the first two matches of a best-of-three game series to take down the Army, and the Marines who said they were "targeted" by their rivals who wanted the … [Read more...]
VEERP gives Marines the Opportunity to Leave Early
5/25/2011 By Lance Cpl. Christofer P. Baines , Headquarters Marine Corps ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Marine Corps needs to cut expenses. One method is the voluntary "early-out" program. Marines can leave the Corps up to 90 days before their contracts expire. There are more than 37,000 Marines eligible for the program. VEERP is already an active program for the current fiscal … [Read more...]