APRIL 27, 2015, BASTROP, Texas - Guard members from the 636th Brigade Support Battalion, Joint Task Force 136 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade), welcomed their employers to spend a day in the life of a Soldier at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, during the unit’s week-long annual training period April 21, 2015. The “Boss Lift” experience, coordinated through the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2015
5 Tips to Help Maintain Stellar Grooming Standards After Your Service
APRIL 27, 2015, by Meghan Belnap - After your term of service is up you will be returning to the more relaxed civilian world. It would be very easy for you to slip from the high grooming standards that you have maintained for the last few years. If you take the time and effort to follow these few simple tips, you can stay the squared away individual that you are today. Get … [Read more...]
Carter Unveils New DoD Cyber Strategy in Silicon Valley
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2015 - Defense Secretary Ash Carter today unveiled the Defense Department’s second cyber strategy to guide the development of DoD's cyber forces and to strengthen its cyber defenses and its posture on cyber deterrence. Carter discussed the new strategy - an update to the original strategy released in 2011 - before an audience at Stanford … [Read more...]
“Star Lord” Blasts Through Desert Scimitar
APRIL 24, 2015, MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. - The sound of 70-ton tracked machines interrupted the calm hush of the desert as tank after tank rolled over the rugged terrain. They held their formation as they advanced toward anotional enemy position, firing their 120 mm main gun along the way. It was all in a day’s work for Marines … [Read more...]
U.S. Army Central Command Hosts State Partnership Program Information Exchange
APRIL 24, 2015, SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. - U.S. Army Central hosted a State Partnership Program information exchange last month for assistant adjutant generals from South Carolina, Arizona, Colorado, Mississippi, Montana and Virginia. The SPP serves the Department of Defense as an innovative, low-cost, small footprint security cooperation program, and enhances combatant … [Read more...]