RAEFORD, N.C. - Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion took part in a two-week jump training event where Marines practice jumping from an aircraft into a drop zone with additional personnel and equipment in Raeford, N.C. Nov. 1, 2016. The course is split into two portions. The first portion covers the Tandem Offset Resupply Delivery System Equipment while the second is … [Read more...]
Unique Rehab Center Gets Injured Airmen Back on Duty
November 17, 2016, By Sean Kimmons, Air Force News Service - Not long after receiving innovative care for serious combat-related injuries, 2nd Lt. Marc Esposito gave his future wife a tour of the unique rehabilitation center that helped the Air Force special operator get back to jumping out of planes. The state-of-the-art setting cast with advanced technology inside the … [Read more...]
Education for Military Families, How to Use the G.I. Bill for Family Members
November 17, 2016, by Anica Oaks – The first veteran's program to offer education benefits that could be transferred to a service member's dependents came with the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill. This bill has been used by well over 900,000 service members, their dependents and their spouses between 2000 and 2012. The G.I. Bill and Education Some lawmakers are proposing that the … [Read more...]
FPCON EX 2016: Testing Interoperability & Response Capabilities
NOVEMBER 16, 2016, NAS SIGONELLA, Sicily (NNS) - On Nov. 8-10, departments from across Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella came together as an integrated force to respond to several simulated emergencies during an Integrated Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) exercise, FPCON EX 2016. The exercise is designed to test the interoperability and response capabilities of the … [Read more...]
New York Army National Guard Aviation Soldiers Tackle Warfighter at Fort Indiantown Gap
NOVEMBER 16, 2016, FT. INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - Two hundred New York Army National Guard aviation Soldiers of the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade are honing their staff skills here in a high-stress, fast-paced command post exercise testing their ability to bring Army air power into the fight on a modern battlefield during Warfighter at Fort Indiantown Gap. "Although the aircraft … [Read more...]