SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) - Navy Region Southeast hosted a Navy Wounded Warrior Safe Harbor Symposium and Resource Fair Sept. 8, at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. NWW provides more than 4,000 Sailors and Coast Guardsmen and their families with non-medical assistance while they recover from serious illness or injury. Program participants from around the … [Read more...]
Career Intermission Program Provides Hiatus From Active-Duty Air Force
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - A year ago, Capt. Katie Evans, a personnel officer, had two choices: leave active duty to pursue full-time parenthood and hope to return some day, or apply for the new Career Intermission Program which would allow her to leave the service for a few years with a guaranteed return to active duty. CIP provides … [Read more...]
Teamwork Key to Preventing Soldier Suicides, Experts Say
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - Staff Sgt. Miguel Sierra vividly recalls himself and his staff handling logistical matters in the aftermath of a sailor committing suicide. As a behavioral specialist and the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Army Health Clinic at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Sierra said this experience impressed upon him how teamwork … [Read more...]
“Black Sheep” Marines Participate in Spartan Fury Exercise
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii - Marines from Bravo Company, “Black Sheep,” 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, participated in Spartan Fury exercise 16.4 at Marine corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2016. Spartan Fury is a pre-deployment exercise in which service members conduct live-fire artillery training and unit leaders are able to further … [Read more...]
Navy Surveys the North Sea for Links to the Toughness of its Past
SEPTEMBER 9, 2016, NORTH SEA (NNS) - A multinational group of Sailors and scientists from a variety commands, organizations and militaries surveys the North Sea for the wreckage of Revolutionary War ship Bonhomme Richard, Sept. 2-9. Underwater archaeologists from the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit(MDSU) 2, Sailors … [Read more...]