Coast guard co-operation could factor into US-Cuba rapprochement
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US and Cuban delegations began meeting in Havana,
Army
How an Army Rangers sniper became ‘The Reaper’ »
08:16 pm | Nick “Irv” Irving had never taken a human life when his platoon sergeant took him to one side. “After you kill a man,” said the NCO, “there’s no other feeling like it. Mark…
Jan 23 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »Women in service review rollout due January 2016 »
07:47 pm | WASHINGTON (Jan. 12, 2015) — Following the 2013 repeal of the Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule, the secretary of defense is scheduled to announce final decisions to integrate remaining closed occupations…
Jan 19 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »Joint Base Lewis-McChord hosts first NCO SHARP Summit »
07:47 pm | JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Joint Base Lewis-McChord, or JBLM, became the first Army post to hold a non-commissioned officer Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention summit Jan. 9 at the McChord Chapel Support…
Jan 19 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »Army researchers develop batteries that don’t corrode »
07:47 pm | ADELPHI, Md. (Army News Service, Jan. 7, 2015) — New, lighter batteries are under development for Soldiers now, in-house, at the Army Research Laboratory here. Chemists at the lab here do materials research…
Jan 19 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »Female Guardsman Tries to Blaze a Trail to Elite Army Rangers »
07:42 pm | This is the part she was dreading. The pull-ups, the running, the push-ups all come easy to Patricia Smith. But trimming her shoulder-length hair down to three-quarters of an inch hurt. Badly. “I’d…
Jan 19 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »North Dakota aviators support Southwest border mission »
05:59 pm | BISMARCK, N.D. (Jan. 14, 2015) — A group of about 35 North Dakota National Guard aviators this week mustered on the southwest border in Texas to support the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s…
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Navy
Naval Academy chief: Character, fitness key – U »
08:16 pm | Vice Adm. Walter E. “Ted” Carter, superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, was in San Diego recently for the…
Jan 23 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »Abraham Lincoln Sailors Receive Nutrition and Fitness Tips to Maintain Maximum Health »
07:46 pm | NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) — The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln’s (CVN 72) fit boss and a Portsmouth dietician…
Jan 19 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »US 7th Fleet Promotes Maritime Security with 1,000 Professional, Military and Leadership Engagements in 2014 »
07:46 pm | YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) — In 2014, U.S. 7th Fleet ships, squadrons, operational units and senior leaders promoted regional stability…
Jan 19 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »Belief Makes Dreams Real: An MLK Celebration »
07:46 pm | AGANA HEIGHTS, Guam (NNS) — U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Guam and U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) Diversity Committees co-sponsored…
Jan 19 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »The 200,000th Trap Aboard TR »
07:46 pm | ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) — Capt. Daniel C. Grieco, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71),…
Jan 19 2015 / Comments Off / Read More »George Washington Hosts Celebration Ceremony for Martin Luther King Day »
07:46 pm | YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) — The Heritage Committee aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) hosted a…
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