MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) - March 7, 2013 - The Navy is looking for recipes that are easy, healthy and created with Sailors living in bachelor quarters in mind. To inspire a little "healthy" competition, Navy Nutrition is holding a recipe contest to compile an online barracks cookbook officials said March 6. "This cookbook contest is meant to be a fun way to encourage Sailors … [Read more...]

3/4/2013 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- As the Air Force braces for potential sequester, leadership has cancelled all aviation support to public events for at least the remainder of the fiscal year and is standing down the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team to save flying hours to support readiness needs. Effective today, active-duty, Reserve and Guard units will cease all … [Read more...]

MARINE CORPS SUPPORT FACILITY NEW ORLEANS March 1, 2013 -- What makes Sgt. Delshayne John stand out from his fellow Marines at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans isn’t the fact that he rose through the ranks to be meritoriously promoted to sergeant in less than three years. It isn’t that he is only on his first tour and already works directly for a … [Read more...]

2/28/2013 - WASHINGTON (AFPS) -- America's military superiority is founded on training and readiness, and the fiscal crisis facing the country threatens to strip away that edge, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Congress Feb. 26. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, along with Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan W. … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (NNS) February 27, 2013 -- New Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel promised today to always be frank with the men and women of the department and said he expects all to be direct in return. Hagel spoke to the Pentagon workforce and a worldwide audience on the Pentagon Channel just after taking the oath as the nation's 24th defense secretary. "I'll never ask anyone to do … [Read more...]