DECEMBER 23, 2016, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 4 Detachment Bravo, Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team, conducted aircraft landing zone training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 21, 2016. The training allows the Marine Air Traffic Control Mobile Team, or MMT, to gain experience, practice … [Read more...]
DOD Crowdsourcing Effort to Inspire Creative Thinking Receives First Submissions
DECEMBER 23, 2016, WASHINGTON - A DOD crowdsourcing effort that launched in November to inspire creative thinking inside and outside the Defense Department on key operational challenges has produced two primary submissions and several others that will be presented for consideration directly to top officials in the department. The Operational Challenges Crowdsourcing … [Read more...]
Multinational Paratroopers Fill NC Skies
DECEMBER 23, 2016, CAMP MACKALL, N.C.(AFNS) - Instead of snow above North Carolina’s frigid skies, the horizon was filled with paratroopers as they ‘flurried’ to the ground, during the 19th annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop Dec. 5-16. Every year, the Fort Bragg community in North Carolina begins celebrating the holidays early by inviting their coalition partners … [Read more...]
Navy Leaders Bring Back Rating Titles
DECEMBER 22, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - On Dec. 21, the Navy announced that effective immediately, Sailors may continue to be addressed by their Rating Titles. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral John Richardson, with the support of Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Steve Giordano, made the announcement in NAVADMIN … [Read more...]
U.S. Forces Japan Returns 9,852 Acres of Okinawan Land
DECEMBER 22, 2016, NAGO CITY, OKINAWA, Japan - The Okinawa Defense Bureau hosted a land return ceremony Dec. 22 in Nago City to celebrate the return of 9,852 acres of Okinawan land. The ceremony honored the return of approximately 9,852 acres of the Northern Training Area, which represents a 17 percent reduction in U.S.-administered land on the main island of Okinawa, the … [Read more...]