JUNE 19, 2017, USS WHIDBEY ISLAND - Marines and sailors from across the Department of Defense gathered aboard the USS Whidbey Island to set sail towards Boston, Massachusetts, for Sail Boston 2017, June 12, 2017. The Marines and Sailors are participating in the event in order to showcase the strengths of America’s amphibious fighting force to civilians in Boston. “This is … [Read more...]
386th Expeditionary Medical Group Builds Bonds, Shatters Stigmas
JUNE 19, 2017, SOUTHWEST ASIA - It can start with a simple conversation. “How are you?” “Yeah, I bet you see some crazy stuff at your job.” “That must have been really hard for you to process.” What at first seems like a run-of-the-mill conversation, stemming from a friendly visit, is more than meets the eye. It is a check-in. It is non-invasive, and it is from a friendly face … [Read more...]
Building Partnerships Through Subject Matter Expert Exchange
June 19, 2017 - It was a scorching-hot blistering day as the temperature peaked over 105 degrees. Seated shoulder-to-shoulder inside an MV-22 tiltrotor aircraft, more than two dozen Marines prepared to offload into a landing zone in Saudi Arabia. U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis … [Read more...]
Results of Comprehensive Review of Physiological Episodes Released
JUNE 16, 2017, WASHINGTON (NNS) - The Navy released the results of a comprehensive review of physiological episodes that was conducted to determine the causes of and recommendations to eliminate physiological episodes (PEs) within Naval Aviation June 15. In April Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Bill Moran directed Adm. Scott Swift, commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, to lead … [Read more...]
Healthy Minds Make Healthy Marines During Fitness Road Show
JUNE 16, 2017, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - Instructors with the Force Fitness Division from Quantico, Virginia visited Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan as part of a Fitness Road Show June 14, 2017. The road show helped developers of Force Fitness Instruction course, or FFI, critique their former students’ teaching methods, the course and answer any … [Read more...]