Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office officials announced Sept. 6 that the remains of an Airman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

Maj. Thomas E. Reitmann, of Red Wing, Minn., will be buried Sept. 8 in Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Marines with 1st Brigade Platoon, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, conducted training alongside Army soldiers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during the Walk and Shoot training exercise aboard Army Base Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 15 -19.

The exercise began with a week of fire-and-maneuver simulations along with development and planning for the following week’s live-fire training. The second week was live fire and walkthrough during which Marines worked alongside soldiers to control artillery and air support.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced that more than $2.2 billion in retroactive benefits already has been paid to about 89,000 Vietnam veterans and their survivors who filed claims related to one of three new Agent Orange presumptive conditions.

On Aug. 31, 2010, the Veterans Affairs Department amended its regulations to add ischemic heart disease, hairy cell leukemia and other chronic B-cell leukemias and Parkinson's disease to the list of diseases presumed to be related to exposure to Agent Orange.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced today that amphibious transport dock ship USS New York will travel to New York City to participate in numerous events throughout the city honoring the victims and responders from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Additionally, 170 members of the 9/11 Families Association, which includes families of victims and first responders, will embark the USS New York for the transit from Norfolk, Va., to New York Harbor.

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Medical Soldiers from the 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, recently competed against themselves to earn the coveted Expert Field Medical Badge during the U. S. Army in Europe EFMB course here, July 31 - Aug. 13.

The EFMB is the ultimate test of professional competence and physical endurance for medical Soldiers and is the most sought after peacetime award in the Army Medical Department.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A platoon with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit learned the importance of recovering troops trapped behind enemy lines during a course here Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.

Third Platoon, Company L, transported by the unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), participated in classroom lectures, practical applications and simulated full-scale missions during the four-day Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel course.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFNS) -- Airmen with the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here airdropped urgently needed medical supplies Sept. 1 at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica.

The supplies will augment a South Pole medical team's treatment of an ailing civilian wintering there with the U.S. Antarctic Program.

Third Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion finished up a 10-day training exercise, known as the Basic Infantry Individual Skills Package, at the Combat Center’s training ranges Aug. 30, 2011.

The mechanized infantry battalion brought their training down to the basics of an infantryman.

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