Servicewomen, future Marine Barracks sergeant major honored
May 24, 2013 — The Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues and female top enlisted military members gathered at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial for the 16th annual recognition ceremony May 22. An acknowledgement and wreath laying ceremony is held every year near Memorial Day to honor fallen service women. The wreath, provided by the Department MORE
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Troops, Families Can Visit Museums Free for Summer
May 22, 2013 — During the busy season of military transfers, adjusting to new communities and registering children for school, more than 2,000 museums across the nation will open their doors, free of charge, to service members and their families as a break from the summer challenges, a Defense Department official said today.From Memorial Day, May 27, through MORE
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Special Ops Components Adapt for Future Challenges
May 22, 2013 — Look for big changes in special operations forces as they shape for what’s ahead after a dozen years of intensive, high-operational-tempo missions focused predominantly on Afghanistan and Iraq.Commanders of the special operations components laid out their plans for the future to members of the special operations community and the defense industry MORE
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Partnership to Expand Mental Health Services Makes Progress
May 22, 2013 — The Defense, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services departments yesterday reported on the progress they’ve made on initiatives to improve access to mental health services for veterans, service members and their families.The initiatives are the result of an executive order President Barack Obama issued in August."One of the great challenges MORE
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Battaglia Administers Oath for New Enlistees
May 22, 2013 — As dozens of fresh-faced recruits stood at attention here today and waited to raise their right hands, the U.S. military’s senior noncommissioned officer administered the oath of enlistment and commended them on their new journey.Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, MORE
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Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS enters production phase
May 21, 2013 — The Department of the Navy announced May 15 that the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low rate initial production. With MS C approval, the RQ-21A program, managed by the Navy and Marine Corps STUAS program office (PMA-263) here at NAS Patuxent River, enters the production MORE
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U.S. Marines, Sailors train Senegalese Companie de Fusilier Commandos
May 21, 2013 — U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 13 began training Senegalese Companie de Fusilier Marine Commandos in Dakar, Senegal, April 6, 2013.The training was focused on light infantry tactics and maritime security that helped build proficiency in handling regional stability issues such as drug traffickers or MORE
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Hagel: Solving Sexual Assault Crisis will Take 'All of Us'
May 20, 2013 — Sexual assault in the military is a crime and a problem that all military members at all levels will have to fight together, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today."This is going to take all of us," Hagel said during a joint Pentagon news conference with Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hagel noted he and MORE
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Senior Enlisted Advisers Mark Armed Forces Day
May 20, 2013 — To mark Armed Forces Day, the services' senior enlisted advisers joined the senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in an inaugural wreath-laying ceremony here at the Tomb of the Unknowns.On a gray afternoon between spells of light rain, Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia and his fellow enlisted advisers hung the MORE
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Pumping out Marine trainers for new AMP-IT program
May 20, 2013 — Marines practiced cross-country skiing and acrobatics without leaving Marine Corps Base Hawaii’s main pool.More than 55 Marines were trained in the new Aquatics Maximum Power-Intense Training program during trainer sessions, Wednesday and Thursday. The AMP-IT program was developed from an Army exercise program but re-calibrated to a more intense MORE
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