SEPTEMBER 8, 2016, ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - In 1943, Mabel Rawlinson, a Women Airforce Service WWII Pilot, died in an aircraft crash. The government would not pay for her remains to be sent back to her family, nor allow her to have a flag draped over her casket. Her fellow WASPs passed around a hat, pitching in to have her casket shipped back to her family – flag-draped in … [Read more...]
Suicide Prevention: It’s Up To All Of Us
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - The death of a family member often brings a certain amount of uncertainty, but death by suicide can sometimes be even more emotionally devastating with family members wondering what they could have done to prevent it. "It's very common for those family members left behind to feel guilty after a suicide," said Capt. Gary Clore, Navy … [Read more...]
Carter: U.S. and U.K. Continue to Stand Together in a Changing World
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2016 - The U.S. and U.K. continue to stand together in the face of aggression by Russia and barbarism by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today in Oxford, England. Addressing an audience at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government, the secretary recalled decades of partnership by the U.S. and U.K. … [Read more...]
Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Display Equipment to Nashville Residents
SEPTEMBER 7, 2016, NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Nashville organized static displays in preparation for Marine Week here, Sept. 6. Marine Week Nashville officially kicks off Sept. 7 with an opening ceremony at Public Square Park at 6:00 p.m. The public received a first-hand look at different Marine Corps assets, including … [Read more...]
EMTs Compete in Annual Air Force Medical Service EMT Rodeo
AEPTEMBER 7, 2016, CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) - Air Force emergency medical technicians gathered to compete in the 9th annual Air Force Medical Service EMT Rodeo at Cannon Air Force Base Aug. 24-27. The competition involved 24 EMT teams from across the Air Force, at both stateside and overseas installations, challenging one another for the title of the “best of the … [Read more...]