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.
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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…
Trump Welcomes Coast Guard Members to Golf Club
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/12/29/trump-welcomes-coast-guard-members-golf-club.html The president invited Coast Guard members to Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach to play and have lunch.