SEPTEMBER 27, 2016, Alexandria, Va. - With less than two months until the General Election on Nov. 8, absentee voters are beginning to receive their State ballots. During Absentee Voting Week, Sept. 26 through Oct. 3, the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) reminds military and overseas citizens to vote their ballot as soon as possible and to follow up to ensure that that … [Read more...]
Joint Forces Complete Biennial Exercise Valiant Shield 2016
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016, PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) - Units from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force completed the biennial exercise Valiant Shield 2016 (VS16), Sept. 23. The 12-day exercise is a biennial, U.S.-only, field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on joint training among U.S. forces to conduct a range of missions on land, sea, in the air and … [Read more...]
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Officially Opens New Littoral Combat Ship Training Facility
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016, SAN DIEGO (NNS) - The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Littoral Combat Ship Training Facility (LTF) at Naval Base San Diego (NBSD), Sept. 22. The speakers for this significant event were Capt. Bill McKinley, CSCS commanding officer; Capt. E. Scott Pratt, Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ship (PEO … [Read more...]
Iowa Army Guard Commissions First Female Infantry Officer
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, CAMP DODGE, Iowa - The first female Infantry officer in the Iowa Army National Guard to “branch” infantry was commissioned recently at the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center in Johnston, Iowa. Army 2nd Lt. Trang Jorgensen, formerly an enlisted specialist with a military intelligence unit, completed Officer Candidate School this summer. “I … [Read more...]
US and Japan Rescue Squadrons Save Downed Pilot Stranded in the Pacific Ocean
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) - Within 30 minutes of an AV-8B Harrier Jump Jet crash Sept. 22, Airmen from the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons here were in the air and intent on saving the life of a pilot stranded in the Pacific Ocean. The pilot was able to eject from the aircraft before the crash and landed in the cold waters of the Pacific, where he … [Read more...]