Tag Archives: Mexico

Photo: Capt. Bruce A. Cohen, force surgeon at Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, congratulates Mexican navy sailors upon completion of the clinical hyperbaric training course at the Search, Rescue and Diving School in Acapulco, Mexico, Feb. 22. U.S. Navy medical specialists instructed the course for 30 Mexican navy physicians, nurses and divers.

Expeditionary Doctor Continues Training Partnership in Mexico

Posted on March 18, 2013 by kfinley

A mobile training team of three U.S. Navy medical specialists deployed to Mexico to work with the Mexican navy’s Search, Rescue and Diving School.
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday, Rotator | Tagged Acapulco, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Mexican Navy, Mexico, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, NECC, U.S. Navy | Leave a comment

Coast Guard Pot Bust

Posted on August 18, 2012 by jtozer

San Francisco-based Coast Guard Cutter Aspen seized approximately 8,500 pounds of marijuana from a vessel Wednesday some 160 miles west of Los Angeles. The event marks a 50-ton milestone for waterborne marijuana seizures in Southern California and the Pacific Southwest …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged aids-to-navigation, California, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, contraband, crime, criminal activity, Defense, Department of Defense, DoD, illicit drugs, marijuana, marijuana trafficking, Mexico, military, military pot bust, pangas, smuggling, USCG, violence, waterborne smuggling | Leave a comment

Marines Earn Citizenship, Fight For Country

Posted on June 13, 2012 by jtozer

Two Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 reached a turning point in their lives when they swore in and became American citizens prior to deploying to Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Jason Constable, a watch officer and combat engineer, and Sgt. …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged administration specialist, American, camaraderie, Camp Leatherneck, citizens, citizenship, combat engineer, Constable, country, deployment, entitlements, French Foreign Legion, green card, Guadarramapedraza, high school, hospital, Idaho, improvised explosive device, Iraq, Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marines, Mexico, Mountain Home, New Zealand, patriotism, Phoenix, purple heart, reenlisted, security guard, Sept. 11, sophmore, troop movements, United States, watch officer | Leave a comment

Episode #129: Weekly News Roundup for March 30, 2012

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Ian Graham

In “This Week in the DoD” for March 30: President Barack Obama visited troops in the Republic of Korea while in the country for an international nuclear summit. At the summit, he re-affirmed the United States’ commitment to security in …
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Posted in DoD News, Emerging Media | Tagged Afghanistan, Around the Air Force, Canada, charges, Department of Defense, DMZ, DoD, DoDLive, General Janet Wolfenbarger, General John Allen, History, ISAF, Library of Congress, Major General Jeanne Holm, Mexico, military, NATO, North Korea, nuclear, President Barack Obama, Republic of Korea, ROK, shooting, South Korea, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, strategy, U.S. Air Force, United States, Veterans History Project, Women's History Month | Leave a comment

Worth a Thousand Words: South Atlantic Ocean

Posted on April 27, 2011 by glenn.selby

Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Escanaba help a small boat crew from the Mexican Navy ship Baja California as they depart after a role-playing training event aboard the Escanaba. The Mexican Navy and U.S. Coast Guard conducted the event as …
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Posted in Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged Atlantic Ocean, Baja California, Brazil, Escanaba, Mexican Navy, Mexico, U.S. Coast Guard, Unitas Lant 2011, Worth a Thousand Words | Leave a comment