MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (08/23/2013) - Once a year, from July to December, Marines all over the world must complete the Combat Fitness Test. Retired Gen. James T. Conway, the 34th commandant of the Marine Corps, added the CFT to Marine Corps fitness testing in 2008 as a more combat-oriented version of the Physical Fitness Test. Marines have options to prepare for a CFT … [Read more...]
Counselors Build Knowledge with ‘Prime for Life’ Program
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan ( 08/23/2013) - Substance Abuse Counseling Center staff attended a Prime for Life refresher course Aug. 12-14 at Camp Foster to further their education as counselors in an effort to serve as reliable and knowledgeable resources on a wide range of substance-abuse issues. The Substance Abuse Counseling Center is operated jointly by Marine Corps … [Read more...]
New Biometrics Device Helps Marines Determine Friend or Foe
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...]