This month, we acknowledge Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Many of us who have known or heard of someone who died by suicide have asked ourselves how we, or someone, might have better recognized the risk and intervened in order to…
An effort to streamline and modernize the way Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) tracks tools, assets and inventory recently hit an important milestone. FRCE’s digital tracking team, composed of a wide range of subject matter experts from within the depot’s…
Petty Officer 2nd Class Salinas finished her duties aboard Coast Guard Cutter Nemo and eagerly headed to the mess deck for dinner, already looking forward to the great meal prepared by the cutter’s cook, Petty Officer 1st Class Robinson. Finding…
WASHINGTON — In an effort to prepare Soldiers to move to its new Integrated Pay and Personnel System – Army, the U.S. Army is mandating all Soldiers on long-term active-duty orders be paid on a semimonthly schedule, starting Oct 1,…
In his 38 years as a soldier, across theaters ranging from the Middle East to Europe, the commander of Special Operations Command says he never had to look up. But those days are ending. “I never had to look up…
The 2022 Rim of the Pacific exercise — Rimpac, for short — is underway in and around Hawaii and Southern California. Rimpac is the world’s largest international maritime exercise, with more than two dozen nations participating to strengthen their collective…
July 25, 2022 | By Katie Lange, DOD News A request made for years by service members and commanders is finally happening — American Forces Network is launching an app that will offer video-on-demand and livestreaming services. The new app,…
Summarization of events written by the Veteran X Team. As of June, soldiers looking to enlist are permitted tattoos on certain areas of the hands, in between fingers, behind the ears, and on the back of the neck. This change…
Summarization of events written by the Veteran X Team. Boeing B-52, or BUFF, has served as the backbone of the U.S. bombing force for over 60 years. The subsonic bomber diligently carries nuclear weapons and various precision-guided munitions to any…
Summarization of events written by the Veteran X Team. While the military has not drafted anyone since the Vietnam War, the idea of revising its gender bias is back in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, making its way…
