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.
Month: March 2018
Was Air Force’s Media Freeze Justified? Defense Experts Weigh In
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.
Army Has Spent 18 Months Preparing for War in Korea: Milley
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.
Removal of Navy Monument Stirs Controversy in Hawaii
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.
US Military Official: Iran Naval Forces Halt ‘Provocations’
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.
Medical Retirement Can Leave Service Members Fighting for Pensions
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.
How to Make Military Friends When You Have No Kids
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.
Marine Battalion Commander Found Dead in Home
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.
Air Force Sets Goal of 20 Flight Hours Per Month for Pilots
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.
Peace In The East – The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk I THE GREAT WAR Week 189
Source: http://youtu.be/Rs12p3bm7s4 http://youtu.be/Rs12p3bm7s4
Germany and the Russian Bolshevik Government sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending hostilities on the Eastern Front. Previously Germany had resumed the war in the East to put pressure on…