Tag: Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent

Military August 21 & 22, 2019

Task & Purpose: Navy secretary expands JAG review ordered after the Gallagher fiasco to include Marine Corps; Army recruiting company commander suspended after using Nazi phrase in a memo; Ex-airman sued for planting camera in women’s locker room at Massachusetts Air Guard base; ‘We are a people organization’ — Army leaders push renewed focus on soldiers amid rise in sexual assaults and suicides; 5 people indicted in Texas in scheme to steal millions from veterans; All CBD products are forbidden to US service members, Pentagon says​ and more ->
 
 
Task & Purpose: 2 US troops killed in Afghanistan; Former Arkansas VA doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in deaths of 3 veterans; US Marine charged with kidnapping 16-year-old girl;
 
 
 
 
Military.com: Alaska Paratrooper Dies After Crashing Motorcycle into Guardrail; Vision and Disaster: The Complex Legacy of CNO Adm. John Richardson; Area 51 Events in Nevada Prompt Emergency Crowd Planning; Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps Warned After Burning Troops with Lighter and more ->
 
 
Military.com: Pearl Harbor Destroyer USS Michael Murphy Returns After 92 Days at Sea;
 
 
 
 
DOD: New Naval Operations Chief Commits to Alliances, Readiness; Video: Diving Deeper Depths and more ->
 
 
DOD: Army Seeks to Take Industry’s Approach to Upgrade Capabilities; Global Markets, Shipping Shape Military Ops and more ->
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Military February 28, 2019

By Selene San Felice: NSA to Honor Navy Chief Petty Officer Killed in Syria
 
 
 
 
By Richard Sisk: VA Doctor Allegedly Shot, Wounded by Army Vet at Florida Center
A double amputee in a wheelchair, believed to be an Army veteran, allegedly shot and wounded a doctor Wednesday night and fired at others at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in Riviera Beach, Florida, the FBI said.

The doctor, who was wounded in the neck, then subdued the alleged shooter, the FBI said. The doctor was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where he reportedly was treated and released.
 
 
 
 
By Gina Harkins: Thousands of Sailors, Marines Set to Return from Historic Middle East Deployment
 
 
 
 
By Haley Britzky: The Royal Air Force gives a middle finger to female stereotypes in its new recruiting commercial
 
 
 
 
By Jamie Schwandt: Why we should stop teaching Clausewitz
The “Mad Major” Jamie Schwandt, USAR, is a logistics officer and has served as an operations officer, planner and commander. Schwandt is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Red Team Member, and holds a doctorate from Kansas State University. This article represents his own personal views, which are not necessarily those of the Department of the Army.
 
 
 
 
Task & Purpose: The Corps is investigating a pair of Marines over a racist Snapchat video; 2 Army EOD soldiers indicted for allegedly trying to sell guns and explosives they knew would be sent to Mexico; President George H.W. Bush’s service dog has a new job cheering up wounded troops at Walter Reed and more->
 
 
 
 
Service Officials Testify on Readiness
Phyllis L. Bayer, assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment; Alex A. Beehler, assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment; and John Henderson, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and energy, testify at a House Appropriations Committee subcommittee hearing regarding the effects of the border security national emergency declaration on military readiness and construction, Feb. 27, 2019.
 
 
 
 
By Patricia Kime: Transgender Troops: Proposed Policy Is Discriminatory, Would Hurt Readiness
 
 
Defense Officials Testify on Transgender Policy
Two panels of Defense Department officials — including James Stewart, performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and Navy Vice Adm. (Dr.) Raquel C. Bono, Defense Health Agency director — testify on the Defense Department’s transgender service policy at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s military personnel subcommittee, Feb. 27, 2019.