May 31, 2011 By Petty Officer 3rd Class Hadi El-Abiad SAN DIEGO - Female sailors assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five-Seven volunteered their time by giving career presentations to fifth and sixth-graders at Berry Elementary School in San Diego May 27. The presentations were part of an existing relationship between the elementary school and VR-57 to mentor and … [Read more...]
Navy’s New Language Learning Study Looking for Volunteers
May 25, 2011 From Center for Information Dominance Public Affairs PENSACOLA, Fla (NNS) -- The Navy's Center for Language, Regional Expertise and Culture (CLREC) and the Academic Consortium for Global Education (ACGE) announced May 24, volunteers are needed for a new language learning study. Volunteers are being asked to participate in a Navy research project testing an … [Read more...]
Marines Stand Victoriously as They Dominate Army in Sitting Volleyball at Warrior Games
5/24/2011 By Sgt. Michael S. Cifuentes , Wounded Warrior Regiment COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The All-Marine sitting volleyball team toppled the Army in the last event of the 2011 Warrior Games. It took the Marines just the first two matches of a best-of-three game series to take down the Army, and the Marines who said they were "targeted" by their rivals who wanted the … [Read more...]
VEERP gives Marines the Opportunity to Leave Early
5/25/2011 By Lance Cpl. Christofer P. Baines , Headquarters Marine Corps ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Marine Corps needs to cut expenses. One method is the voluntary "early-out" program. Marines can leave the Corps up to 90 days before their contracts expire. There are more than 37,000 Marines eligible for the program. VEERP is already an active program for the current fiscal … [Read more...]
National Guard Completes Largest-Ever Exercise
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Orrell National Guard Bureau WASHINGTON (5/23/11) - About 40,000 National Guard members working with active duty service members and federal and state emergency personnel completed National Level Exercise 11 on Friday, signaling the successful execution of the largest interagency exercise ever, Guard officials said. The exercise, based around the … [Read more...]