6/29/2012 By Lance Cpl. Erik S. Brooks Jr., Marine Corps Bases Japan CAMP SCHWAB, Okinawa, Japan - Marines with Ammunition Company conducted enemy prisoner of war training at Camp Schwab June 15. The Marines learned about the biometrics automated toolset and its database, collecting biometrics in theater, how to detain enemies, and how to complete a force cell extraction. … [Read more...]
Kenyan-American Runners Represent U.S. Army in Olympic Trials Finals
June 28, 2012 By Tim Hipps, IMCOM Public Affairs EUGENE, Ore.) -- The "Kenyan Connection" struck twice for the U.S. Army on June 25, 2012, at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials at historic Hayward Field. U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, or WCAP, distance runners Spc. Augustus Maiyo and Spc. Robert Cheseret, both Kenyan-Americans, advanced to the finals in the … [Read more...]
Firefighters Continue to Battle Colorado Springs Blaze
Tech. Sgt. Chris Powell Air Force News Service 6/28/2012 - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) -- Firefighters continued to battle several fires that burned into the evening hours in Waldo Canyon near here June 27. The fires, which have burned more than 15,000 acres, began spreading to the southwestern corner of the Academy in the early morning, causing base officials to evacuate … [Read more...]
Capitol Hill PTSD Awareness Event Highlights the Struggles, Triumphs
June 27, 2012 By Katie E. Nelson, ARNEWS WASHINGTON --- Army wife Kristina Kaufmann knows the severity of post-traumatic stress disorder. She has lost three friends to suicide because of it. But she also knows the power she has to help stop it. "As a commander's spouse, I have the opportunity to use this tragedy as a way to open the dialogue," Kaufmann said. "[I have the … [Read more...]
Panetta Announces $60M in Grants Will Be Given to Military Schools
By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service GRAPEVINE, Texas, June 27, 2012 – The Defense Department recently awarded $60 million to three public schools on two military installations, the latest example of its efforts to invest in the education of military children, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said at an education seminar here today. The grants, to schools … [Read more...]