By Amaani Lyle American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2012 – With Election Day about two months away, absentee military and overseas citizen voters can enjoy a streamlined process to register, obtain a ballot and exercise their right to vote, a Federal Voting Assistance Program official said in a Pentagon news conference today. Pam Mitchell, the … [Read more...]
Let myPers Help You Manage Your Civilian Career
by Debbie Gildea Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs 9/5/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) -- Whether you are a civilian employee, hoping to become one or planning to hire one, the myPers website has information to help you find opportunities and manage your career, said Pat Stokes, Air Force Personnel Center marketing specialist. "The Air Force is a … [Read more...]
New Unmanned Air System Training School Welcomes Marines
9/4/2012 By Courtesy , Headquarters Marine Corps PAXTUXENT RIVER, Md.-- Future Unmanned Air System (UAS) operators now have access to a new training and logistics activity in Camp Lejeune, N.C. A team from the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS program office (PMA-263) here launched the Training and Logistics Support Activity (TALSA) in mid-July to Marines from II … [Read more...]
Former Army Cadet Wins Paralympic Silver Medal
September 4, 2012 By Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr., American Forces Press Service LONDON (Army News Service, Sept. 4, 2012) -- Many athletes would have called it quits after just one of the adversities former Army cadet Jennifer Schuble experienced: a traumatic brain injury during hand-to-hand combat training at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.; a later … [Read more...]
Airman Achieves Highest Rank for Chaplains
By Staff Sgt. Amanda Dick Air Force Public Affairs Agency 9/4/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Force Chief of Staff, promoted Howard D. Stendahl to the rank of major general Aug. 31 during a ceremony at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. Stendahl, who was recently appointed as the seventeenth Air Force Chief of Chaplains, now holds the highest rank an Air … [Read more...]