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...]
Legal Service Support Section, Attorneys Provide Pro Bono Service
July 31, 2013, CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Camp Pendleton’s Legal Service Support Section and attorneys from counties around the base held the first Help for Heroes event at the Joint Legal Assistance Office here, July 27. Help for Heroes is a legal assistance event with classes to help service members and their families understand and deal with various legal … [Read more...]
Enhanced Combat Helmet Heads to Production
(Katzaman, MCSC Corporate Communications, July 30, 2013) - After successful stringent tests that program experts say well exceeded initial requirements, the Marine Corps is getting ready to field its new enhanced combat helmet. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014 the first of thousands of ECHs will be issued to warfighters bound for deployment. The collaboration with the … [Read more...]