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The Corps is struggling to pump out JTACs amid growing operational demands
High demand for tactical air controllers is outpacing the Corps’ fixed wing capacity to support training requirements, according to the Corps’ recent aviation plan. To plug the gap, the Corps is looking at a couple of options to include expanding contracted air services and professionalizing the joint terminal attack controller, or JTAC, by Read More →
Why Trump asked the Wasp’s crew ‘electric or steam?’
President Donald Trump kicked off a Tuesday speech to the crew of the amphibious assault ship Wasp with a question — electric or steam? “So then let me ask you a question — catapult — right, the catapult system. Do you like electric or steam?” Trump said while calling for Read More →
Marine Corps spouses can now apply for $500 professional licensing reimbursement after PCS moves
Marine Corps spouses can now apply for reimbursement of up to $500 in costs paid for licensing and certification in order to continue working in their field after they relocate with their service member. This applies to spouses of active duty and active reserve Marines. They join their fellow spouses in the Read More →
Disabled Afghanistan veteran sets Guinness World Record for deadlift
Martin Tye was a lance corporal in the British Army in 2009 when a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in the back of Tye’s Humvee. The subsequent explosion left Tye with no feeling from the knees down, and inflicted significant damage to his shoulder and lungs. Ten years later, Tye Read More →
These brigades are the next to accept women into direct combat units
More than three years into its efforts to recruit and assign women to every combat military occupational specialty, more than 1,000 women have joined the infantry, armor and field artillery branches, according to a May 21 release from the Army. They are currently spread over brigades at five of the Army’s biggest posts, Read More →
More than 200,000 DHS employees have this new benefit
More than 200,000 civil service employees of the Department of Homeland Security now have a new benefit: shopping privileges at Coast Guard exchanges. “We welcome all DHS employees to CGX stores to enjoy their new shopping benefit,” said Capt. Bruce C. Brown, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Community Services Read More →
US training and security assistance may be empowering Egyptian war crimes, says human rights group
A major human rights group has accused the Egyptian military of human rights violations on the Sinai Peninsula and is calling for the U.S. government to halt security assistance to the country, which includes arms exports and joint training between the Egyptian military and U.S. forces. Egypt stepped up its operations in the Read More →