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Marine Corps fields new amphibious combat vehicle, first since 1972 Follow Us Question of the Day     Marines from the Amphibious Combat Vehicle new equipment training team complete an operator course in the vehicle in February 2019. Managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems, the ACV was approved for Initial Operational Capability on Nov. 13 and for ... more > By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times -...

The nation’s first vaccines for the deadly COVID-19 virus that has plagued most of 2020 will be distributed Monday, following yesterday’s emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna said in a press briefing today. Perna is the chief operating officer for Operation Warp Speed — an effort led by several U.S. government components and public partnerships to move the development, manufacturing and distribution of...

by SOFREP Mar 10, 2021 Share This: Marine Special Operations Command, better known as MARSOC, officially came into existence on February 24, 2006. The institution of MARSOC and the Marine Raiders was the result of many years of effort. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) was instituted in 1986. At the time, the Marine’s elite unit was known as Force Reconnaissance, they were the predecessors of MARSOC. Back then, Marine leadership did not want to join SOCOM, since they felt it would jeopardize...

By ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 15, 2020 Corvias, the company that manages base housing at Fort Meade, Md., has halted its participation in discussions with residents about their concerns with its housing at the Army base because company officials said some families are using the talks to advance a lawsuit. Corvias and Fort Meade housing leaders started the focus group with residents in January 2019 following a Reuters news investigation that exposed the poor conditi...

Reply Doses of the Pfizer vaccine began shipping out from a Michigan facility Sunday bound for Southern California distribution centers and other locations in the United States. (Shutterstock) SAN DIEGO, CA — The Naval Medical Center in San Diego and the Naval Hospital in Camp Pendleton should receive doses of the first coronavirus vaccine this week, the U.S. Department of Defense said. Doses of the Pfizer vaccine began shipping out from a Michigan facility Sunday bound for Southern Californi...

Jim Harsh Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 97 Served With Honor ~ United States Military Veteran Jim Harsh, 97, of Oskaloosa, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at the home of his granddaughter in Davenport, Iowa. James L. Harsh, son of Delbert and Helen (Wickle) Harsh, was born March 21, 1923, in New Virginia, Iowa. Jim was a 1941 graduate of New Virginia High School, where he played basketball and baseball. Soon after graduating, Jim went to work at the Fort Des Moines Hotel as head of the beverage ...

Oceanside’s first female, first Latina mayor takes office Tuesday [The San Diego Union-Tribune] Oceanside City Councilwoman Esther Sanchez’s new title of mayor comes with some important firsts, but those are not the achievements at the top of her list. Her priorities as a council member for 20 years have been protecting people’s civil rights, helping the homeless and safeguarding the environment, she said. She plans to continue that and more after she’s sworn in at a special meeting Tue...

Updated on December 13, 2020 at 8:49 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Hospital and healthcare administrators across San Diego are working this weekend to prepare for the arrival of the first doses of the vaccine over the next few days. This weekend, the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be moved from Pfizer facilities to FedEx and UPS hubs, then to 636 locations nationwide including facilities in San Diego as part of Operation Warp Speed. “This is a monumental week for us all as we distri...

OCEANSIDE —  Oceanside City Councilwoman Esther Sanchez’s new title of mayor comes with some important firsts, but those are not the achievements at the top of her list. Her priorities as a council member for 20 years have been protecting people’s civil rights, helping the homeless and safeguarding the environment, she said. She plans to continue that and more after she’s sworn in at a special meeting Tuesday as the first female mayor and the first Latina mayor of North County’s lar...

Effingham, IL / Effingham Radio Dec 13, 2020 8:26 AM LaSalle, IL -(Mattoon Radio)- The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs today announced that Acting Assistant Director Anthony Vaughn will serve as the interim Administrator of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home as a search begins for a permanent replacement. Vaughn is assuming responsibilities from former Home Administrator Angela Mehlbrech, who was terminated by the Department. Additionally, the Director of Nursing at the home has b...