AUGUST 25, 2016, DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) - Bioenvironmental engineers here recently partnered with the Georgia Department of Public Health to partake in the Defense Department initiative to combat the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases. Kathleen Schmidt, the Georgia DPH vector surveillance coordinator, along with the Dobbins Air Reserve Base engineers, … [Read more...]
Texas Guard Support Louisiana Neighbors and Battle Buddies in Need
AUGUST 25, 2016, HOUSTON - Texas Guardsmen from the 1st Battalion, 149th Attack-Reconnaissance Battalion in Houston, Texas collected and delivered supplies to fellow battle buddies in need who were affected by recent flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 21, 2016. Within only two weeks, Louisiana has received over seven trillion gallons of rain since August 8. As more … [Read more...]
U.S. Marines Dive Into French Commando Course During Exercise AmeriCal 16
AUGUST 25, 2016, FRONTIER GRIBEAUVAL, New Caledonia - Marines yearn for a breath of fresh air and the privilege to be one of the very few Marines that has the right to call themselves a ‘commando’. A platoon of U.S. Marines traveled to New Caledonia where they worked hand-in-hand with members of the French Armed Forces during Exercise AmeriCal 16 from August 8 to September … [Read more...]
Survival Rates Are Improving for Soldiers Wounded in Combat, says Army Surgeon General
AUGUST 24, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - Survival rates are improving for soldiers wounded in combat for several reasons. About 92 percent of Soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan have made it home alive, according to Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West. That's the highest percentage in the history of warfare, despite the rising severity of battle injuries from increasingly … [Read more...]
NREIP Interns Impact Navy Technologies, Return to College, Plan DoD Careers
AUGUST 24, 2016, DAHLGREN, Va. - Summer NREIP interns who worked on technological programs crucial to national defense and security are heading back to classrooms at universities across the country with a new perspective about the U.S. Navy. In fact, many are envisioning themselves as potential Department of Defense civilian scientists and engineers. First, the college … [Read more...]