Courtesy of VAntage Point Contributor I am a VA Chaplain, and serve as the Chief of Chaplain Service at VA Maine Healthcare System. I am also a Vietnam Combat Veteran, having served as a Combat Medic with B Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Armor of the 4th Infantry Division from 1968 -1969 in the Republic of South Vietnam. […]
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Posted on February 26, 2015 by jtozer Access to clean, uncontaminated water is of paramount importance to Air Force warfighters conducting critical operations. In many remote or rural areas of the world, access to this resource is limited or nonexistent. The Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program office is providing […]
By Cpl. Mackenzie Gibson, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point One team, one frigid fight during cold weather training operations Staff Sgt. Randall Lester (left) points toward aircraft as Maj. Lauchlin Byrd (center) and Maj. Thomas Short (right) scan the skies during close air support operations at a range near Fort Drum, N.Y., March 16, […]
By Jim Garamone DoD News, Defense Media Activity PRINT | E-MAIL | CONTACT AUTHOR WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 — By April 1917, people were already calling the war between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers the Great War, and they were right to do so. British soldiers prepare artillery shells and man a gun during […]
By Terri Moon Cronk DoD News, Defense Media Activity PRINT | E-MAIL | CONTACT AUTHOR WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 — The Defense Department is committed to promoting an environment where all service members are treated with dignity and respect, Anthony M. Kurta, performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told a House […]
DoD News, Defense Media Activity PRINT | E-MAIL | CONTACT AUTHOR WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 — WASHINGTON, March 21, 2017 — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with Finnish Defense Minister Jussi Niinisto today at the Pentagon to discuss a range of security issues, including Russian aggression, NATO and the bilateral security cooperation relationship between the […]
By Jim Garamone DoD News, Defense Media Activity PRINT | E-MAIL | CONTACT AUTHOR ARLINGTON, Va., March 22, 2017 — The USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, honored military senior enlisted advisors and presented actor Gary Sinise with the Legacy of Hope Award during […]
Pacific Air Forces PRINT | E-MAIL | CONTACT AUTHOR JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, March 22, 2017 — An Air Force B-1B Lancer conducted a bilateral mission in the vicinity of Japan yesterday with Japan Air Self Defense Force F-15J Eagles, followed by a bilateral mission with South Korean Air Force F-15K Slam Eagles and […]
By Air Force Tech. Sgt. Eugene Crist, 130th Airlift Wing PRINT | E-MAIL | CONTACT AUTHOR MCLAUGHLIN AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, W.Va., March 23, 2017 — “Atlus tendo” is Latin for “I reach high.” It is the motto for the U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy, and Air Force Master Sgt. David Whanger, first […]
By David Vergun Army News Service PRINT | E-MAIL | CONTACT AUTHOR WASHINGTON, March 23, 2017 — In an effort to achieve Army Recruiting Command‘s “largest within-year mission increase ever,” the Army is offering $200 million in enlistment incentive bonuses for future soldiers heading to specialties that especially need to be filled, USAREC’s deputy commander said. […]
