by Jeanne McKinney | Mar 6, 2017 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Navy
SAN DIEGO, March 06, 2017 – During World War II, women put in motion a huge cultural shift, when they answered a call to serve their country at war. Thousands filled civilian jobs in factories and those who joined the military took jobs that would free men to fight....
by Jeanne McKinney | Feb 20, 2017 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy
WASHINGTON, February 20, 2017 – In a dangerous, nuclear world, the US Marine Corps and America’s Navy are making an epic effort to ensure global security and stability and to protect nations’ economies. While Americans wake up free each day, a young Marine...
by Jeanne McKinney | May 9, 2016 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Navy
SAN DIEGO, May 9, 2016 – Warfighting capability has never looked so good for the Grim Reapers of U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101. No stranger to supersonic jets and the pilots who fly them, VFA-101, based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is home for...
by Jeanne McKinney | Feb 9, 2016 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy
October and November 2015 saw the launch of the Marine Corps’ new approach to maintaining crisis response forces forward-deployed at sea. Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) is testing the Allied Maritime Basing...
by Jeanne McKinney | Nov 14, 2015 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Navy
‘Everything about America is what Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Harrison Mwanzi dreamed of, starting at a young age. The son of peasant farmers, he grew up in a remote village in Kenya, where healthcare was a luxury. At the tender age of seven, Mwanzi and his...
by Jeanne McKinney | Mar 23, 2015 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Navy
On Oct. 12, 2000, two suicide bombers navigated a small motorboat up alongside the USS Cole, which had stopped to refuel in Aden, Yemen, on its way to the Persian Gulf. The bombers exchanged greetings with sailors just before explosives in the motorboat detonated,...
