Navy Rear Adm. Cedric Pringle has transferred command of Joint Task Force-Matthew support to USAID-led relief operations to Navy Rear Adm. Roy Kitchener, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 2, deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7).
First Lt. Cale Simmons is a U.S. Air Force World Class Athlete Program member and will be competing in the men's pole vault at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janero, Brazil. This page is dedicated to his journey and Olympic experience there.
U.S. Marine Corps JROTC is at its essence a Leadership Education Program meant solely to develop character and citizenship. There is a body of defendable academic knowledge that clearly articulates the significant benefit to those that choose to participate. Our curriculum was the first to be nationally accredited under CITA/SACS and is directly linked to National Standards. Responding to...
U.S. Marine Corps Training Command is the Marine Corps Proponent for MOS individual-skill training whose responsibility is to analyze, design, develop, resources, implement, and evaluate standards-based individual training in order to provide combat-capable Marines and Sailors to the operating forces.
The U.S. Marine Corps University is the Marine Corps' Professional Military Education (PME) proponent. Through its resident and non-resident programs, the Marine Corps University develops the professional competence of its Marines, other service, international, and civilian students. Graduates are prepared to perform with increased effectiveness in service, joint, interagency,...
Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Charles Kettles was awarded the Medal of Honor July 18, 2016, for his actions while serving as a Flight Commander assigned to the 176th Aviation Company (Airmobile) (Light), 14th Combat Aviation Battalion, Americal Division. Then-Maj. Kettles distinguished himself in combat operations near Duc Pho, Republic of Vietnam, on May 15, 1967. He led a platoon of UH-1D...
The Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Program is a series of medical and engineering engagements in several European countries in support of strategic, theater, operational and tactical objectives.
The Mississippi National Guard News Minute, produced by the 102d Public Affairs Detachment, Mississippi Army National Guard, is a series of 90-second radio spots produced at least twice monthly. Intended for Mississippi radio stations, the spots highlight activities of the Mississippi National Guard, Army and Air. All spots are publicly released, and requests for topics or themes may be sent...
