August 20, 2013 - Marine Corps Systems Command has made it easier for Marines to tell the bad guys from the good guys. Within six months after receiving an Urgent Statement of Need, MCSC’s Force Protection Systems team, under Marine Air-Ground Task Force Command, Control and Communications, also called MC3, coordinated with the Army to field the Biometric Enrollment and … [Read more...]
Avoiding Predatory Lending
MCAS BEAUFORT, S.C. 08/19/2013 - Congress is now reexamining and altering the Military Lending Act put into effect in 2007 to protect service members from predatory lenders. The revision will further protect service members by applying the interest-rate cap to open-end loans. While the MLA already keeps companies from exorbitant interest rates on predatory loans, companies … [Read more...]
Navy Researcher: Historic Study May Lead to Malaria Vaccine
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2013 - A small clinical trial of a malaria vaccine candidate recently showed 100-percent protection against the disease. This could mean, with enough funding, that a first-generation vaccine may be ready in 4 to 5 years for deployed warfighters and people in endemic areas, a Navy researcher said. Dr. Judith Epstein, clinical director of malaria vaccine … [Read more...]
Afghan War Entering the Final Chapter, Obama Tells Marines
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2013 - The commander in chief told Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., today that the war in Afghanistan has entered its final chapter. President Barack Obama thanked the Marines and their families for the burdens they have carried since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “I’m here because we recently marked another milestone in this war,” he … [Read more...]
Winnefeld: Budget Uncertainty Deepens ‘Readiness Hole’
WASHINGTON, 08/06/2013 - Determining defense spending plans is a matter of balancing ways, means and ends; with budget “means” uncertain for years now, the “ways” of maintaining a strategy-based, dominant military force must not be closed off, Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a House panel. Testifying … [Read more...]