October 29, 2012 Anyone who's paid attention to the news in the last few months (and years) can tell you what a hot-button issue insurance has become. Words like Obamacare and Healthcare reform have been thrown around like confetti, as politicians debate and make policy decisions on the issue. Passing earlier this year, the Obamacare plan has made it possible for children … [Read more...]
How to Heal from PTSD
You either choose to live with it or die from it, veteran sailor says GREENSBORO, Ga. – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is known to seriously affect millions of military personnel and civilians each year. Alan C. Thomas, who was the sole survivor of a 13-person squad of Marines and their medic, knows this fact well. But many other types of less obvious trauma, … [Read more...]
15th Anniversary of Women’s Memorial
October 24, 2012 By Sgt. Priscilla Sneden | Headquarters Marine Corps ARLINGTON, Va. -- More than 500 service members and supporters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington for a mile-long candlelight march to the Women In Military Service For America Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery Oct. 20. This marked the memorial’s 15-year commemoration. The Women in … [Read more...]
2012 NCO, Soldier of Year Named
October 23, 2012 By David Vergun, ARNEWS WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Staff Sgt. Matthew Senna was named the Army's 2012 Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and Spc. Saral Shrestha was named the Army's 2012 Soldier of the Year during an award ceremony here, Oct. 22. The two Soldiers received their awards at the Association of the United States Army's Sergeant Major of … [Read more...]
Declassified Document Shows ‘Real’ Flying Saucer
October 23, 2012 by Airman 1st Class R. Alex Durbin 633rd Air Base Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) -- The grainy film showed a round ship floating out of a hangar. Its silver, aluminum exterior glinted in the sun as it hovered a few feet off the ground. As it glided over a pool of water, it kicked debris into the air and the glass canopies of the two … [Read more...]