JULY 6, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Navy released an update to the Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) award plan July 5 in NAVADMIN 155/16 that includes 25 award level decreases and four skills removed from the list released earlier this year in NAVADMIN 036/16. Eighty-four skills remain unchanged in this update and no skills were added or had award levels increased. NAVADMIN … [Read more...]
Army Researchers Testing Zika Vaccine
JULY 6, 2016, WASHINGTON (Army News Service) - Doctors at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research who have developed a Zika vaccine that they've successfully tested on mice are now testing it on monkeys and hope to begin testing on humans later this year. Their study, published, June 28, in the journal Nature, demonstrated how mice developed immunity to the Zika virus … [Read more...]
New Navy, Old Tar
JULY 6, 2016, MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NNS) - For nearly three centuries of its existence, the U.S. Navy has kept tradition at the core of its daily operations. The knowledge and know-how of sea farers has been passed down from generation to generation, ensuring that the greatest naval force stays true to its roots. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) recently gained a wealth … [Read more...]
Alaska Air National Guard Saves Hiker Who Toppled 65 Feet
JULY 6, 2016, JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued an injured hiker after he fell approximately 65 feet on Flat Top Mountain here, July 5. According to Tech. Sgt. Matt Carse, a controller with the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the Alaska State Troopers requested support from the … [Read more...]
Improving Army Readiness for the 21st Century
JULY 6, 2016, WASHINGTON - When Lt. Gen. Robert T. Dail retired seven years ago, he was one of the most senior military logisticians in the Department of Defense. In his last assignment, he served as the director of the Defense Logistics Agency, where his team was providing 95 percent of the materiel used in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. An interview was conducted to get … [Read more...]