As military operations wind down in Iraq and Afghanistan, instructors from the Asia Pacific Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Fusion Center are still busy.
The Fort Shafter, Hawaii, based instructors and interagency partners were in Cambodia Jan. 16-27 for a subject matter expert exchange with members of that nations' elite counterterrorism unit, the National Counter Terrorism Special Forces (NCTSF).
Service members now will receive imminent danger pay only for days they actually spend in hazardous areas, Pentagon officials said.
The change, which took effect 1 February, was included in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law Dec. 31.
"Members will see the prorated amount in their Feb. 15 pay records," Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. John Kirby said.
Soldiers of 1st Brigade Combat Team's 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment conducted a live-fire exercise Jan. 23-29 with their M-119A2 towed howitzers throughout the Fort Drum training area.
Since returning to the North Country last spring, the Centaur Battalion has conducted a live-fire and certification at the section level, but this exercise took it up another level to conduct fire missions at the platoon level.
The logisticians with Regimental Landing Team 2 aboard the USS Kearsarge spent three days loading tons of equipment from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on board for Exercise Bold Alligator 2012.
The exercise focuses on today’s fight with today’s forces, while showcasing the advantages of seabasing which is made possible through the abilities of logistics Marines. The Navy and Marine Corps team is scheduled to practice launching combined-arms offensives from the sea with everything needed to carry out the full range of military operations.
Master Sgt. Charles Halcome stood at a hospital bed, laying out vials and pointing out medical instruments to be used to treat an incoming patient.
A 63-year-old woman was walking her dog when, in a freak accident, she got run into a tree and was basically scalped in the process. Her injuries were so severe that she was immediately transported to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center here.
The first and highest-volume trauma center in the U.S., it's a training ground for Air Force medical professionals deploying to Afghanistan.
Whether Marines are patrolling, providing security, or delivering supplies, communication is key to the success of their missions across southern Helmand.
The mobile modular command and control vehicle, or M2C2, provides this communication capability for Col. Roger Turner, commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 5, and his staff, during battlefield tours and mobile missions, and to subordinate battalions operating in the RCT-5 battlespace.
Marines, Sailors and coalition partners from around the world are gathering aboard ships off the Virginia and North Carolina coasts in execution of Exercise Bold Alligator 2012.
Although the exercise represents the Navy and Marine Corps’ revitalization of the full range of amphibious operations, it is also giving operating forces a chance to build upon international relationships with foreign military services.
Sailors and Marines deployed aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) conducted a firefighting drill on the ship's flight deck, Jan. 26.
The bi-annual "Smash and Crash" drill tested the reactions of Sailors and Marines who work on the flight deck during a helicopter crash. The drill covered all aspects of a crash scenario from first response to flight deck firefighting skills.
Lt. Anthony Petrosino, assigned to New Orleans' aviation department, said the training was a critical skill-set to maintain for all personnel working on the ship's flight deck.
