Month: March 2018

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/15/pentagon-wants-more-funding-boost-training-after-deadly-crash.html Pentagon officials called Thursday for more funding to boost flying hours and improve maintenance.

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/15/was-air-forces-media-freeze-justified-defense-experts-weigh.html This week it was revealed that the Air Force is curtailing its media engagements and limiting the amount of info it releases.

Source: https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2018/03/15/army-has-spent-18-months-preparing-war-korea-milley.html Members of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee expressed a keen interest in possible contingency plans.

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/15/removal-navy-monument-stirs-controversy-hawaii.html A P-3C Orion airplane monument put up nearly two decades ago at Naval Air Station Barbers Point has been removed.

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/15/us-military-official-iran-naval-forces-halt-provocations.html Iranian naval forces appear to have deliberately halted their provocations of U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf.

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/14/medical-retirement-can-leave-service-members-fighting-pensions.html As service members age, Pentagon regulations offer no protection or sanctuary from separation on medical grounds.

Source: https://www.military.com/spousebuzz/2018/03/14/how-make-military-friends-when-you-have-no-kids.html No kids? Making friends might be a little harder in the military world, where most couples have at least one. Here’s how to do it anyway.

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/14/police-investigating-death-marine-battalion-commander.html Officials have ruled a suicide after the commander of a Marine Forces Reserve unit was discovered dead earlier this month.

Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/14/air-force-sets-goal-20-flight-hours-month-pilots.html Gen. David Goldfein said there is a push to get pilots more flight time, in tandem with producing more pilots in the ranks.