Audio by Airman 1st Class Jasmine Vanderheyden | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 11.03.2017
Today's stories: Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth Wright creates an Instagram account. Also, more than 800 officers are selected for intermediate and senior developmental education....
Audio by Airman 1st Class Jasmine Vanderheyden | Defense Media Activity - Air Force | 11.03.2017
Today's stories: The F-35A Lightning II started its first operational deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Also, there's a new 3-day course at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, that combines survival training with Tactical Combat Casualty Care....
Audio by Lance Cpl. Troy Saunders | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 11.03.2017
I'm Lance Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 7th Engineer Support Battalion are currently participating in the Sapper Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The course consists of five phases which test communication, land navigation, patrolling, reconnaissance, land-mine warfare, and demolition. Also in......
Audio by Sgt. Kate Kuebler | AFN - Iwakuni | 11.03.2017
Each military occupational specialty comes with different tasks and challenges that are unique to their job. Corporal Andrew King spoke about gas chambers, hosing down a jet and why he thinks being a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense specialist is the best job in the world. This story includes soundbites from Cpl. Andrew King, Detroit, Michigan....
Audio by Sgt. Averi Coppa | AFN Okinawa | 11.02.2017
III Marine Expeditionary Force Motor Transport Marines hold quarterly summits to discuss their experiences and future in the field. This year the Program Executive Office Land Systems aligned the Headquarters Marine Corps annual visit with the fourth quarter summit to allow Marines on Okinawa to ask questions directly to the people who provide their equipment and support the maintenance of......
Audio by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Pearson | AFN Okinawa | 11.02.2017
Suggested Lead: APPROXIMATELY 300 AIRMEN AND 10 F-35-ALPHA LIGHTNING TWO’S FROM HILL AIR FORCE BASE, UTAH, ARE DEPLOYED TO KADENA AIR BASE FOR TRAINING. LANCE CORPORAL JONATHAN PEARSON TELLS US HOW THESE FIGHTERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OKINAWA’S SAFETY. SUGGESTED TAG: WHILE A FIRST IN-THEATER FOR THE F-35 ALPHA, THE MARINE CORPS F-35 BRAVO VARIANT HAS BEEN STATIONED AT M-C-A-S FUTENMA......
Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Doolin | AFN Okinawa | 11.02.2017
Suggested lead: Marines embarked USS ashland for Blue Chromite, an exercise designed to make the Navy-Marine team stronger. Petty Officer First Class Richard Doolin tells us more. Suggested tag: Blue Chromite is a U.S. –only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region....
Audio by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Sinclair | 101st Air Refueling Wing | 11.02.2017
In this episode, hear from two junior pilots who are prior enlisted, who made the choice to commission and fly airplanes. Great stories!...
