Story by Jonathan Holloway | Command, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography | 04.06.2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. ── Dr. Dennis McCarthy─former Director of the Directorate of Time at the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and GPS pioneer─was inducted into Naval Oceanography Hall of Fame in ceremony hosted by USNO, April 6, 2023. Considering McCarthy’s career as UNSO’s former Director of the Directorate of Time from 1996 to 2005 and a list of stellar, professional feats; his......
Story by Janet A. Aker | Defense Health Agency | 05.17.2022
Army Maj. (Dr.) William Williams Keen Jr. was a pioneering military doctor whose career spanned surgical duty on the bloody battlefields of the American Civil War through influential research work during World War I. Once known as "America's first brain surgeon," Keen helped propel numerous advances in medicine. He played a key role in the birth of bacteriology, neurology, use of......
Story by Lt.j.g. Alexander Fairbanks | USS PIONEER (MCM 9) | 06.26.2019
The Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Pioneer (MCM 9) arrived in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, for a port visit, June 26....
Courtesy Story | 3d Cavalry Regiment Public Affairs Office | 07.23.2018
Troopers from the Regimental Engineer Squadron “Pioneer,” 3rd Cavalry Regiment “Brave Rifles,” conducted a mass casualty readiness exercise alongside coalition partners in Iraq July 23, 2018, to integrate tenant units and sharpen the skills of medical providers....
Story by Staff Sgt. Tegan Kucera | 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 06.11.2018
Some jobs in the military are well-known internally as well as externally, others are complete mysteries to all but the ones they affect....
Story by Senior Airman Brandon Kalloo Sanes | 920th Rescue Wing | 01.10.2017
Stay-at-home mom and RV adventurer Maj. Jennifer Orton trots the globe as a combat search and rescue (CSAR) pilot in the Air Force Reserve. This weekend warrior with the 39th Rescue Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, has logged approximately 3,000 hours of flight time throughout her Air Force career. Some of that flight time includes deployments to places like Afghanistan, Iraq and the......
Story by Jodi Ames | Air Mobility Command | 07.07.2015
The Airlift Tanker Association honored Col. Earl B. Young during a bust dedication ceremony at the Scott Air Force Base ATA Walk of Fame June 29, 2015....
Story by Lance Cpl. Alejandro Bedoya | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 10.24.2013
Combat Center leadership and Marines from various units aboard the base participated in the annual 77th annual Pioneer Days Parade in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 19, 2013. They represented not only the Combat Center as a whole, but the various ranks of Marines who support the local community....
