June 30, 2014, WASHINGTON - After more than a decade of land-based combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps' new Expeditionary Force 21 doctrine is returning the service to its amphibious roots, a senior Marine Corps official told said June 27. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration and the … [Read more...]
Presidential Order Puts Caps on Student Loans
June 26, 2014, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. - President Barrack Obama signed an executive order June 9 allowing service members on active duty to have their federal and private student loan interest rates lowered to six percent without the need for additional paperwork under the Service Members Civil Relief Act. The SCRA provides protection for active duty … [Read more...]
U.S. Advisors Arrive in Iraq to Begin Assessing Insurgency
June 26, 2014, WASHINGTON - The first U.S. service members ordered to Iraq to help the Iraqi military counter an advancing Sunni insurgency have arrived in the country, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said June 24. About 90 troops have arrived in Baghdad, where they will join some 40 others attached to the U.S. Embassy to establish assessment teams and a … [Read more...]
Military and Industry Leaders Exchange Ideas at Opportunity Forum
June 17, 2014, MCSC Corporate Communications - Opportunity knocked for military and industry alike at the 2014 Navy Opportunity Forum in Crystal City, Virginia. The sea service previewed more than 200 technologies, and company representatives hoped to gain insight on how to win government contracts. Among the speakers at the June 3 forum was Jim Smerchansky, chief engineer … [Read more...]
Veterans Administration Releases Data on Quality and Access to Health Care
June 10, 2014, WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released the results from its nationwide access audit, along with facility-level patient access data, medical center quality and efficiency data, and mental health provider survey data for all veteran health facilities, June 9. Full details made public at http://www.VA.gov follow Acting Veterans Affairs … [Read more...]