08 January 2019 My Navy Career Development Symposium to Visit Hawaii MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- The My Navy Career Development Symposium (CDS), hosted by Navy Personnel Command, will be visiting Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 16-17 to showcase Sailor 2025 career and personnel management initiatives to Sailors in the region.The symposium is scheduled for two days at...
08 January 2019 Military Sealift Command Team Gets Operation Deep Freeze Cargo Underway PORT HUENEME, Calif. -- The Military Sealift Command (MSC) charter ship MV Ocean Giant is en route to Antarctica after recent cargo operations in Port Hueneme in support of the annual Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) resupply mission.Beginning in late December, a team from MSC including Navy Reservists...
08 January 2019 Suicide Prevention | Eliminating the Stigma OKINAWA, Japan -- Behavioral health specialists report depression and suicide ideation rates increase during the holiday season and into the post-holiday period in the Marine Corps, according to the Headquarters Marine Corps Force Preservation Directorate. Marines may feel lonelier during these...
07 January 2019 Cooperation, Commitment, Partnership keys to Far East District Alliance CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East District (FED) has diligently worked alongside its Republic of Korea (ROK) partners in support of one of the largest transformation, re-stationing and construction projects in Department of Defense history...
07 January 2019 U.S., Myanmar Engage in Flood Modeling Endeavor YANGON, Myanmar -- The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) Pacific Ocean Division (POD) conducted a technical exchange in Yangon, Myanmar Dec. 10-14, 2018 with a focus on flood modeling.Natural disasters know no bounds. Disasters are nondiscriminatory and affect people of all nationalities and...
07 January 2019 Not All “Docs” | the Fleet Marine Force OKINAWA, Japan -- More than 9,000 sailors are currently embedded into Marine Corps units, wearing Marine Corps uniforms rather than their traditional Navy uniforms and, to the surprise of many Marines, they’re not all “Docs”. The Fleet Marine Force is comprised of sailors who are assigned to, or...
04 January 2019 Changes to Uniform Code of Military Justice Take Effect This Week FORT MEADE, Md. -- A host of changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice became effective Jan. 1, modernizing definitions for many offenses, adjusting maximum penalties, standardizing court-martial panels, creating new computer-crime laws and much more.The changes strike a balance between...
04 January 2019 Coast Guard Suspends Search for Remaining Sincerity Ace Crewmember HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard has suspended the active search for the remaining unaccounted for crewmember of the Sincerity Ace, Wednesday.“Following the conclusion of morning and afternoon searches by our aircraft and commercial vessels we suspended the active search. This is always a...
04 January 2019 Alaska National Guard Change of Command Recognizes New Adjutant General JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The Alaska National Guard’s commander-in-chief, Governor Mike Dunleavy, recognized his newly appointed adjutant general, Col. Torrence Saxe, in a change-of-command ceremony at the Alaska National Guard armory here on Dec. 31. In Saxe’s dual-hatted role, he...
04 January 2019 Island Marauder Demo Puts New Technology to the Test with 3rd Marines MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. -- For the last three years, engineers and project officers from Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC)have descended on the island of Oahu to put new technology to the test.In the fall, MCSC—along with Marines from the 3rd Marine Regiment and partner organizations from...