FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md., December 05, 2013 - The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery has established the Navy Medicine Records Activity collect and review all service treatment records of separating personnel per MARADMIN 637/13 released Nov. 29. The Navy Medicine Records Activity ensures all service treatment records are complete prior to being sent to the Veterans Affairs … [Read more...]
Inaccurate Recall Information and Its Effect
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., November 19, 2013 - It is vital for the service members and spouses to understand the importance of keeping the service member's recall information up-to-date in Marine Online or Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System. Every Marine is required to have a MOL account, and every Sailor is required to have an NSIP account. Both Marines and Sailors … [Read more...]
U.S. officials cautiously optimistic about aid progress in Philippines
WASHINGTON, November 15, 2013 - After days of logistical challenges that kept thousands of Tacloban City's desperate storm survivors cut off from food, water and medical supplies, air and overland routes are starting to open, senior administration officials familiar with the relief effort said Nov. 13. Since it made landfall in the Philippines Nov. 7, Super Typhoon Haiyan … [Read more...]
Four Additional Ospreys Deploy to Philippines
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP S. D. BUTLER, OKINAWA, Japan, November 13, 2013 - Four additional MV-22B Ospreys departed Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Nov. 13 to support Operation Damayan, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operation in the Republic of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. As of Tuesday 129,000 pounds of relief supplies have been … [Read more...]
Hagel Honors Marine Corps’ 238-year Legacy at War Memorial
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2013 - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel commemorated the Marine Corps’ 238th birthday here today by praising the legacy of “one of the world’s oldest, and most admired and respected fighting forces” and vowing to work to keep it strong for the future. “Whenever our nation has called, the Marines have been ready,” Hagel … [Read more...]