DECEMBER 11, 2024 - The holiday season at Naval Hospital Bremerton for decades has been a time when a number of active duty staff have been absent. Not from their appointed place of duty at the military treatment facility. They’ve been called away on deployment. Not much has changed over the years. NHB has kept a symbolic light on for them over the holidays, signifying … [Read more...]
Missile Defense Sensor Radar Test Successful
DECEMBER 11, 2024 – On December 6, 2024, 3-43 Air Defense Artillery Battalion; Army Test and Evaluation Command and Program Executive Office Missiles and Space successfully executed two operational assessment missile flight tests sequentially. The Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor successfully detected, tracked, and classified Short Range Ballistic Missile and Low … [Read more...]
Military Events That Happened on Christmas
DECEMBER 11, 2024 - On Christmas Day every year, many Americans relax and enjoy time with their families. For many of our troops, though, it can be a day of sacrifice and hardship. Over the history of the U.S., several big military actions have taken place on Dec. 25. Here are four noteworthy ones. 1776: Washington's Famous Crossing of the DelawareThe winter of 1776 … [Read more...]
Remains of WWII Airman Returned Home
U.S. Army Honor Guard Soldiers with the New Jersey Army National Guard fold an American flag during the ceremony for U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William Scott at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Wrightstown, New Jersey, Dec. 9, 2024. Scott, a navigator on a B-24 Liberator bomber, was killed when his aircraft was shot down during Operation … [Read more...]
Army Eases Access to TAP Initiatives
DECEMBER 11, 2024 - There’s more good news for Soldiers as they consider options for transition into a successful civilian career field during the last six months of their active-duty service. Transition Assistance Program (TAP) officials at U.S. Army Human Resources Command recently announced that the first General Officer or a member of the Senior Executive … [Read more...]