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2 (FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md.) – As the COVID-19 vaccination effort ramps up across the country, a key element to delivering the vaccine is having enough qualified healthcare workers to administer the doses. For Master Sgt. Carolyn Lange, this presented an opportunity to maintain her skills as a Licensed Practical Nurse while serving as a Recruiter with the U.S. Army 1st Medical Recruiting Battalion on Fort Meade, Maryland. For 18 years and two overseas deployments, Lange has ...

By NOAH FEIT | The State (Columbia, S.C.) | Published: February 25, 2021 COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tribune News Service) — Brig. Gen. Milford H. Beagle Jr., a South Carolina native who has served as the commander at Fort Jackson since 2018, has been given a new assignment, according to the Department of Defense. Beagle will leave the Army installation in Columbia to be the commanding general of the 10th Mountain Division (Light) at Fort Drum in New York, according to the Pentagon. Fort Jacksons next...

20 MILLINGTON, Tenn. -- As the Navy continues its phased distribution of the COVID-19 vaccination, Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) personnel are volunteering to be some of the first to receive the vaccine in the recruiting field. Since Jan. 4, more than 30 people assigned to NRC headquarters have received their first round of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Navy is first offering the vaccine to essential healthcare workers, providers, emergency services and public safety personnel. The...

21 CHICAGO (Jan. 29) -- Many child abuse victims work hard to break the cycle of abuse as they grow into adulthood. For St. Petersburg, Florida, native Michael T. Fisher, breaking that cycle was contrasted with another family pattern. Fisher knew he had to make life changes, so he joined the Navy, and currently he is assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Great Lakes as a Yeoman First Class. He holds the positions of command career counselor and operations administrati...

/ Resilient Cities Catalyst Expands Board of Directors, Welcomes Lt. General (Ret.) Thomas P. Bostick and Dr. Helene D. Gayle Resilient Cities Catalyst Expands Board of Directors, Welcomes Lt. General (Ret.) Thomas P. Bostick and Dr. Helene D. Gayle Bostick served as 53rd Chief of Engineer of the U.S. Army and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Gayle serves as President and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust, and previously served as President and CEO of CARE. Published 01-...

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The Navy Wants to Recruit 450 Warrant Officers to Fly Its New MQ-25 Tanker Drones Boeing conducts MQ-25 deck handling demonstration in January 2018 at its facility in St. Louis, Mo. (Photo courtesy of The Boeing Co.) 22 Dec 2020 The Navy will add hundreds of new warrant officer billets to its ranks over the next decade to fly a carrier-based drone that can refuel other aircraft midflight. Navy Recruiting Command will begin accepting applications in October for warrant officer candidates who wan...

A man opened fired in a Greensboro, North Carolina, Armed Forces Career Center on Monday after learning he was disqualified from enlisting in the Army. Marine Corps and Navy Officials told Military Times that six people were present when James Alexander Cooper fired into the recruitment center. According to spokespeople from both the Marines and Navy, four Marines and two Navy recruiters were in the building when the shooting started. No Army personnel were present at the time of the shooting. ...

By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 17, 2020 WASHINGTON — A 36-year-old man who had been repeatedly denied enlistment into the Army faces multiple felony charges after police charged him Monday with shooting into a military recruiting center in Greensboro, N.C., according to authorities. James Alexander Cooper was arrested soon after he fired shots at about 6 p.m. at the Armed Forces Recruiting Center and charged with a felony count of discharging a firearm into an oc...

More Military Recruiters Catching COVID-19 as Pandemic Rages Across the US Lt. Cdr. Dominique Jackson of Navy Recruiting Command’s Diversity and Outreach department meets with midshipmen from George Washington University’s Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) to give them advice for their first years in the Navy, October 23, 2020. (Zachary S. Eshleman/U.S. Navy) 17 Dec 2020 Service members on recruiting duty -- one of the militarys most public-facing jobs -- are seeing higher rates o...