Uniform Uniformity?? (Say that 5 times fast wacka wacka wacka!)

This type of article is fun.
It gets people seeing red, green, sandy and they just go plain NUTS!!
NUTS I SAY!!
It seems that Congress wants to mandate our operational uniforms.  (WHO KNEW? )
But first.. I want to show you the 4 services Cammie uniforms, and then I will post the article from Navytimes.
For once I have [...]

UPDATE: Army Blue to Green Program, NAVADMIN 223/09

NAVADMIN 223/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/JUL//
SUBJ/BLUE TO GREEN ARMY INITIATIVE UPDATE//
REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/181631ZOCT04//
REF/B/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/180031ZFEB05//
REF/C/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/141316ZJAN08//
NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 233/04, TRANSITION PROGRAMS. REF B IS
NAVADMIN035/05, BLUE TO GREEN PROGRAM AMPLIFICATION. REF C IS NAVADMIN
007/08, POINTS OF CONTACT CHANGE FOR BLUE TO GREEN ARMY INITIATIVE.//
RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN PROVIDES UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE [...]

No Results “YET” But will be out this week

ALCON,
You always know when results are going to be out for advancement.  Our traffic “SPIKES” here on Corpsman.com.  Our busiest day ever was when the CPO results came out last year.  I had to upgrade server capacity to keep up with the load.
But for those of you who are looking for the advancement results for [...]

Army: 2009 The Year of the NCO

I started writing this article in January, and have been trying to find a way to finish it without coming off as a pompas ass.  Tell me what you think below.-D/C
2009 is the year of the NCO for the United States Army.  I find that admirable.
Unfortunately they have a “WONK” writing about it as far [...]

All Hands 2009 Navy Owners Manual

I always looked forward to this publication every year.
You want to know what is happening with “YOUR” Navy?
You looking to find out info for “BOARDS” for JSOQ, or SOQ?
This PDF file is the one to have.  If you lose it, we will have it stored on our server so you can always comeback to get [...]

Poor economy drives more troops to re-enlist

FORT RILEY, Kan. — Sgt. Ryan Nyhus spent 14 months patrolling the deadly streets of Baghdad, where five members of his platoon were shot and one died. As bad as that was, he would rather go back there than take his chances in this brutal job market.
Nyhus re-enlisted last week, and in so doing joined [...]

SecDef calls for Congress to mandate that Guard, Reserves have lead in DoD ops in the homeland

This is from the Navytimes.  Things are changing my friends. How long will TAR/FTS Sailors be relevant? Interesting read…
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a giant step Monday toward more tightly blending the active-duty military and reserve components into an “integrated total force,” calling for wide-ranging personnel policy changes, codifying the reserves’ homeland defense role [...]

November is Warrior Care Month

October 31, 2008
Army News Service|by Heike Hasenauer
WASHINGTON – Beginning Nov. 1, the Army and its sister services will focus attention to one of the Defense Department’s highest priorities – caring for wounded ill, and injured warriors.
As directed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, November has been designated as “Warrior Care Month.” Each branch of the [...]

Navy Uniform Update

SUBJ/NAVY UNIFORM UPDATE//
REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/092022ZJUL08//
AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 190/08, UNIFORM UPDATE.
RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN PROVIDES THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING
FLEET DISTRIBUTION OF THE E1-E6 SERVICE UNIFORM (SU) AND THE CNO
APPROVED UNIFORM POLICIES RECOMMENDED BY THE 12 AUG 08 NAVY UNIFORM
BOARD.
2. REF A ANNOUNCED THE PLANNED PHASED FLEET AVAILABILITY OF THE
E1-E6 SU. HOWEVER, DUE [...]

Airmen Don’t like Needles.. They are Girly Men…

Airmen most likely to faint under the needle
Feeling woozy after your latest round of immunization shots? Then you’re probably a male airman.
Ten years of records showed that 2,612 service members passed out cold — and fell down — after a nurse slowly inserted a thin half-inch of steel into their biceps or buttocks.
Data from the [...]

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