Coast Guard sponsored Iditarod sled dog musher Ken Anderson races across the ceremonial starting line of the 39th Iditarod March 5, 2011. Anderson recently completed the Yukon Quest where he placed 3rd. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios.
Adm. Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations made these remarks on the 96th Anniversary of the Navy Reserve. The reserve was established in 1915, shortly after the outbreak of World War I.
In the “This Week in the DoD” podcast for March 4:
The Army introduces new physical fitness tests. This is the first update to the Army’s physical training regimen since 1980.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks about the situation in Libya. The Department of Defense is ready to act when ordered, he said.
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, the vice president’s wife, spoke about National Guard family issues with the National Governor’s Association. A new public awareness campaign will highlight National Guard and Reserve members and their families.
February was a month of celebration in Kuwait, where they commemorated the 20th anniversary of their liberation during Operation Desert Storm as well as the 50th anniversary of their independence from Great Britain.
Frank Buckles, the last known living American soldier who served in World War I, died February 27. He had recently celebrated his 110th birthday.
New changes to the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill are bringing new questions about how service members can use their benefit most effectively. The Pentagon Channel and the Department of Veterans Affairs have some answers.
A gunman opened fire on a bus carrying U.S. Airmen at Frankfurt International Airport in Germany. Two airmen died in the shooting, two others were injured.
Listen to the podcast here.
By Robert L. Gordon III, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy)
Military spouses, you know better than anyone that military life puts on your efforts to pursue a career. That’s why we need to hear from you. Your comments are vital to our effort to boost spouse education and career opportunities.
It’s important that you know how valuable your comments are. We read them very carefully. Your words tell us where to focus our attention and where to go next. Your best ideas allow us to tailor the military spouse employment program to your needs.
For example, you’ve asked that spouse employment programs support aspirations to all career fields, rather than a select few. Message received. We will to strive to help you pursue any career that fits your interest and experience.
Others have asked that we show potential employers how volunteerism is on par with work experience. We will do this. I am aware of the tremendous service you provide through your volunteerism. We want employers to understand the skills and leadership that you demonstrate through your volunteer work.
We use your comments when we champion your cause. The spouse licensure issue is a good example. We posted a discussion board where spouses can describe their experiences, the good and the bad, with state licenses and certifications as you move from state to state. We are sharing your comments with state law makers as we work with them on this issue. They are seeing your first-hand accounts of the costs, obstacles and frustrations you encounter as you strive to continue your career. (more…)
Guest blogger Patty Horan
By Patty Horan
“The Call” is the first part of an ongoing series based on some of Patty Horan’s experiences as a military spouse.
It was a beautiful Saturday morning in the Pacific Northwest. I had been out late with friends the night before and was trying my best to sleep in. At the time my husband, Pat had been serving as a Stryker Brigade platoon leader in Iraq for a little over a year. That morning the phone rang and rang without mercy. I almost fell out of bed trying to answer it. It was my mother on the other end. She was in a complete panic. She frantically explained that my husband’s family back in DC had been trying to reach me for hours. Then, without hesitation, she blurted out,
“There had been a serious accident and Pat has been shot in the head.”
German soldiers of 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 40th Mechanized Infantry Regiment pull security during an Operational Mentor Liaison Team (OMLT) training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. OMLT XXIII and Police Operational Mentor Liaison Team VII training are designed to prepare teams for deployment to Afghanistan with the ability to train, advise, and enable the Afghan National Security Force in areas such as counter-insurgency, combat advisory, and force enabling support operations. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ian Schell (DVIDS)
While flying over Colorado a B-2 Stealth Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, MO, moves into position for a mid-air refueling via the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee on 09 May, 2012. The B-2 Stealth bomber and the KC-135 crews conducted the aerial refueling to maintain mission readiness standards.
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Jeremy M. Wilson (DVIDS)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police assigned to a Marine Security Emergency Response Team debark from the HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) to conduct boarding operations during Exercise Frontier Sentinel 2012 May 8, 2012 at sea off Sydney, Nova Scotia. Exercise Frontier Sentinel is a combined interagency exercise involving Joint Task Force Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command. The exercise is designed to continue to develop and validate the existing plans, treaties and standard operation procedures for a bilateral response to maritime homeland defense and security threats.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte / Released) (DVIDS)
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