August 30, 2012 by Senior Airman Jack Sanders 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) -- Military members often help their local communities with volunteer work, but one Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Airman is aiding her favorite charities as a pin-up model. Staff Sgt. Destiny English, a 99th Medical Operation Squadron mental health flight … [Read more...]
Paid VA study Related to Tinnitus and TBI
August 29, 2012 The repetitive stutter of a machine gun, shocking boom of mortars, the deafening drone of helicopter rotors; the sounds of war are hard to ignore and can leave many Veterans with permanent hearing damage. Tinnitus is the number one disability among Veterans and it affects at least one in every 10 American adults. It is because of this statistic that the VA … [Read more...]
II Marine Expeditionary Force participates in Exercise Atlantic Response
August 29, 2012 By Cpl. Bryan Nygaard , II MEF MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Approximately 100 Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force participated in Exercise Atlantic Response 12 aboard Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Aug. 21-23. Atlantic Response is a scenario-driven, simulation-supported exercise … [Read more...]
Wounded Warriors attend London Paralympics
August 28, 2012 By Stefan Alford, Army Medicine LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Germany -- The Olympic games may be over, but there is still a group of international athletes competing for gold in London and a select group of Soldiers are on hand to see the competition. The Warrior Transition Battalion-Europe, or WTB-E, sent 18 Soldiers to watch the 2012 Paralympic Games … [Read more...]
Typhoon Bolaven can’t stop Osan Airmen
August 29, 2012 by Staff Sgt. Stefanie Torres 51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AFNS) -- Osan Air Base weathered Typhoon Bolaven relatively unscathed Aug. 28, 2012, in part due to robust planning and preventative measures ahead of the storm. The base entered Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness (TCCOR) 1 in the morning, with maximum gusts of … [Read more...]