AUGUST 31, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Navy announced the two 2016 Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale Leadership Award recipients Aug. 30 in NAVADMIN 194/16. Cmdr. Gary G. Montalvo, commanding officer of USS North Carolina (SSN 777) is the Pacific Fleet recipient and Cmdr. Ken J. Kleinschnittger, former commanding officer of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 12 and … [Read more...]
Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Program Holds Open Season in September
AUGUST 31, 2016, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - For the first time in 12 years, the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance program is having an open season, which will run from Sept. 1-30. During the open season, eligible federal employees can enroll in FEGLI or increase coverage up to the maximum offered by the program, including Option C coverage on the … [Read more...]
CBIRF Responds to Simulated Nuclear Detonation During Scarlet Response 2016
AUGUST 31, 2016, PERRY, Ga. - On the morning of Aug. 22, 2016, a nuclear bomb detonated near Houston. The explosion rendered massive damage to the infrastructure of the city including a complete shutdown of a highway leading to Houston forcing part of the city into isolation. This was a simulated detonation during a training exercise, in which Marines and sailors with Chemical … [Read more...]
USNH Yokosuka Professionals Reflect on Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange 16
AUGUST 31, 2016, YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) - Two of U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka's leading care providers, Pharmacy Department Head, Lt. Cmdr. Linh Quach and Ophthalmology Division Officer, Lt. Loretta Stein, attended the 2016 Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange, held Aug. 1-5 in Kuantan, the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. With the theme of "Global Health … [Read more...]
Why Is OC Spray Used in Training?
August 31, 2016, by David McCauley - Military personnel are expected to function under pressure, even in uncomfortable or painful situations. One major cause of non-lethal discomfort and pain in the repertoire of military police is pepper spray, also known as OC spray (oleoresin capsicum). It’s used in policing, crowd control, and in self-defense. Pepper spray causes … [Read more...]