posted by admin on Apr 16
You might have watched the car commercial on a local cable channel. You could never mistake them for real Marines or sailors. Of course, without the annoying dialogue. However, the advertisement has offended two Navy women, who have been working to take it off the air. To them, the actors have cross the line and somehow discredited the armed forces. They have been provocative and misrepresenting the established military standards. Luckily, some high-ranking officers are looking into the matter.
posted by admin on Apr 15
As of today, there are 300,000 US troops who are suffering post traumatic stress and major depression from serving in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Also, 320,000 soldiers have brain injuries. Unfortunately, one a half have sought for treatment. According to experts, the health crisis is escalating and affecting more those who are in the field. These service members should have proper and effective care for their conditions. Their failure to seek professional help affects them as well as the country.
posted by admin on Apr 10
The Federal Thrift Savings Plan recently gives a significant room for the servicemembers to make tax-free savings contributions directly from their pay. The new TSP program also provides an investment options, which largely vary according to their contributions. Thus, the interest gained will remain exempted from tax until the said funds are withdrawn at 59 or so.
posted by admin on Apr 10
April 2008 is the month that the DeCA (Defense Commissary Agency) highlights an awareness on proper handling of food as well as cooking measures in stores nationwide. People will witness a demonstration with store staff and military food safety inspectors. Customers can ask anything about how they could protect themselves and their families after buying the food. In fact, the collaborative effort educate people on the steps in preventing food-borne illnesses.
posted by admin on Apr 10
In the thrust to prevent mid-air collisions, Air Combat Command officials assist private civilian pilots through a website. The See and Avoid website enables private pilots to locate their flight path. It allows them to identify their where they are going, so they can avoid military operating areas. Also, users will know where military planes are flying, including their maneuvers.
posted by admin on Apr 9
When your lifelong dream is to become an Air Force pilot, your step starts in Pueblo, Colorado. The place provides the initial flight screening course under the Air Education and Training Command. The primary goal of the course is to evaluate candidates, and then prepare them for further stringent flight school programs. The basic flight program is delivered by certified flight instructors with a broad range of skill levels. Accordingly,IFS also make sure that students will graduate with significant attitude, motivation and aptitude.
posted by admin on Apr 3
In Raonoke, a man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for faking an Army career that included combat missions throughout the world. Randall Moneymaker, 44, told people that he had served in the Army since the 1980s. According to him, he was a Ranger in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Grenada and Iraq.
He used his bogus background as a wounded soldier to get more than $18,000 in military disability payment. He also managed to get a job as a recruiter for the Army’s Active Guard Reserve in Roanoke.
Thus, U. S. District Court in Roanoke convicted Moneymaker of six counts of making false statement and one count of theft of government property. He was also fined of more than $1.5 million.
posted by admin on Apr 1
The Mexican government has already deployed 2,500 of their soldiers to control the growing violence in the border - across Texas and New Mexico. Agents from Mexico started arriving on March 26 in Ciudad Juarez along El Paso, Texas. This is because 200 people have been killed since January 1. The continues killing within the area could be blamed on the drug cartel reaction to a government crackdown under President Calderon.
posted by admin on Apr 1
An experience in the Military could be a college credit. How does this work? When you intend to pursue a college degree, a military background is eventually worth 5 months of a standard 3-credit college course. You could actually save as much as $600, which does not cost you anything at all. The first thing to do in claiming the credits is to request a transcript from your military service. The service is very willing to give an unofficial personal copies and send these to the school as an official copy (at no cost). If you don’t find any school that acknowledge military credits, your military service and training will provide you with free information. You just make the request.