July 10, 2014, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Every year, United States Naval Academy midshipmen have the opportunity to step into the boots of their Marine counterparts during a program called PROTRAMID or Professional Training for Midshipmen, with Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. Following their second year of schooling in … [Read more...]
Navy and Marine Public Health Center Develops New Regulation for Medicine Healthcare Practitioners
July 8, 2014, Portsmouth, Va. (NNS) - The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) issued technical guidance regarding a new regulation from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) instruction 1500.30, July 7. The regulation came into effect May 21, requiring health care practitioners who … [Read more...]
History Division Modernizes Old Casualty Cards, Now Available Online
July 3, 2014, QUANTICO MARINE CORPS BASE, Va. - Family members of Marines who were wounded, killed, deemed a prisoner of war or missing during past wars can now access their loved ones’ casualty card using the Marine Corps History Division’s new online database. Each casualty card lists the military member’s unit, service number, type of casualty and date … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Returns to its Amphibious ‘Wheelhouse’
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...]