Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Moorlag, June 2, 2014 - Adm. Paul Zukunft released his Commandant’s Direction 2014 Friday upon relieving Adm. Bob Papp as the 25th Commandant of the Coast Guard. The Commandant’s Direction is developed to guide the Coast Guard during the tenure of each commandant and is founded on the core principles of Honor, Respect and Devotion to … [Read more...]
Give An Hour Provides Free Mental Health Assistance to Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 29, 2014 /PRNewswire - Give an Hour, a national nonprofit organization providing free mental health services to members of the military, veterans, their loved ones and their communities, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with film production company Herald Square Entertainment, LLC, to highlight public awareness of acute battlefield … [Read more...]
Blue Star Museums Offers Free Admission to Military Families at 2,000+ Museums Nationwide
May 23, 2014, WASHINGTON, DC - NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the fifth annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s service … [Read more...]
Adm. Papp Testifies on Drug Interdiction Efforts
May 1, 2014, Cmdr. Rick Wester - Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp testified before a joint U.S. House of Representatives hearing with the Committee on House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Marine Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere. The joint hearing was held to examine the federal … [Read more...]
Sea-Air-Space Begins: Exposition Reaches New Levels of Attendance
April 7, 2014, NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. - The Sea Air Space Exposition begins today with record attendance levels including more government employees and uniform military personnel than have attended in the history of the exposition. More than 202 defense industry businesses and 20 Navy commands will attend the exposition. According to Executive Director Kevin Traver, … [Read more...]