WASHINGTON, May 28, 2014 - President Barack Obama today announced the United States plans to keep nearly 10,000 American troops in Afghanistan next year - a level largely in line with what U.S. commanders had requested - and that nearly all U.S. forces will leave the country by the end of 2016, bringing to an end a U.S. military mission that began in response to the 9/11 … [Read more...]
Female and Male Volunteers Needed for Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force
May 28, 2014, New Orleans - The Marine Corps needs volunteers to support the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force. The task force will train female Marines in ground combat arms military occupational specialty skills, and integrate them into a combat arms unit, while a dedicated research team observes the unit’s performance in an operational environment. The … [Read more...]
Department of Defense Improves Field Energy Use to Strengthen Force
WASHINGTON, May 28, 2013 - Energy is a critical mission enabler to the Defense Department, a DOD official told a Senate panel here last week. Edward Thomas Morehouse Jr., principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for operational energy plans and programs, testified May 21 at a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee. "If you take away one … [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...]
Marine Corps Seeks Volunteers for Ground Combat Arms Training and Research
May 23, 2014, FORT MEADE, Maryland - The Marine Corps will begin accepting male and female Marine volunteers to stand up an integrated task force as part of a deliberate, measured and responsible approach to integrating women into ground combat arms units and occupational specialties per Maradmin 252/14. The Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, which was previously … [Read more...]