JUNE 27, 2016, PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) - Named to honor President Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, the Navy's Great Green Fleet is ushering in a new era of energy innovation. A centerpiece of this yearlong initiative is John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG), which departed on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment in January and is scheduled to join the Rim of … [Read more...]
Veteran with Post-Traumatic Stress Finds Coping Skills Through ‘Dot’ Art
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2016 - When Army veteran Greg Mullen developed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder while stationed in the Middle East during the first Gulf War, his symptoms from nonstop anti-missile blasts were severe enough after a six-month deployment for him to transition out of his 12-year military career. The disorder later would later become commonly known … [Read more...]
Quality Assurance Strengthens Foreign Military Efforts
JUNE 27, 2016, REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - When an international customer purchases something from the U.S. government, quality assurance plays an important role in ensuring the equipment or service provided meets the same standards required for the American Warfighter. The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center's Quality Assurance Team recently … [Read more...]
School’s Out, but Future Docs are In at Naval Hospital Jacksonville
JUNE 27, 2016, JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) - Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville hosted its annual Science, Service, Medicine and Mentoring (S2M2) internship at the hospital June 20-24 with 13 high school students from Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts. "Naval Hospital Jacksonville's S2M2 program with Darnell-Cookman is all about nurturing the next generation of medical … [Read more...]
Bureaucratic Conflict Leaves America’s Veterans Suffering Needlessly
June 27, 2016, by Jerry Nelson – Do you want to be a criminal or agonize in pain? That's the choice that millions of chronic pain sufferers are forced to make each day. Thanks to the tangled web of laws in America, legislation has not kept pace with reality, and people are forced into the vise of choice. As the struggle between medical marijuana and prescription painkillers … [Read more...]