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Navy ending ban on women aboard subs

February 24, 2010 by  
Filed under Corpsman.com News, Navy News

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Defense Department informed Congress on Friday that the Navy will soon allow women to serve aboard submarines. In a move led by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Chief Naval Officer Adm. Gary Roughead, women for the first time could begin training to join submarine crews as early as next year. Defense […]

2 Bronze Stars, and 1 Navy Com, all to 1 Doc!

And a Meritiourious promotion to HM2 to boot! Read below from Stars and Stripes, HM2 Harris is a hero in my book–D/C MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa — Two Bronze Stars and a Navy Commendation Medal, all for valor, are commonplace at awards ceremonies these days. But when the three medals are pinned on […]