A session on how the Marine Corps might do better at retaining good young officersThomas E. RicksForeign Policy
According to the U.S. Marines website, requirements to join the Marine reserves arenearly the sameas those for joining regular service:enlisted membershave to be between17 and 29 years old, whileofficersmust be between20 and 27 years old. The minimum education for enlisted members is ahigh s...
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who last year agreed to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution under a deal to end criminal securities fraud charges that have shadowed the Republican for nearly a decade. Trump vows to seek ‘full and complete accountability’ from the Justice Department —...
Medical Officers are equipped to perform field surgery, set up hospitals, offer healthcare to local peoples, and care for the health needs of the detachment. In addition to the regular training each receives as a Green Beret, the Medical Officers receive an additional 10 months of medical train...
There are several ways to serve in the US Military, and our team will walk you through different military information if you plan to enlist soon. Discover what you need to do...
Marine Corps, and the practice still proves useful in the twenty-first century. It is much more than the Silent Drill Platoon performing on commercials to attract young adults to the military. This art form is being set aside in Marine Corps after a decade of war; even though drill ...
The ‘Tailhook’ scandal was a 1991 naval aviation conference in Las Vegas, Nevada at which USN and US Marine Corps officers were alleged to have sexually assaulted 83 women and seven men, prompting outrage and calls for change. “That started a tremendous change in...
All warrant officers, except W-5s with 24 or more years of service. How Much Was Withheld? The amount of money not withheld from your paychecks is called deferred tax liability. In short, that means you have to repay the federal government the amount you should have paid that wasn’t wit...
96.Environmental Risk– Assessing the environmental vulnerability of marine resources with respect to oil spills as external stressors. (Arctic Environmental Risk) 97.Polar Ice Melt– Monitoring the polar ice melt using satellites like GOCE and GRACE that measures how much mass is on Earth. (GOCE...
For the next year or so the phone just kept ringing. The conversations were pretty much the same. “When’s the next reunion and how do we join up?” So, in keeping with the biennial reunion idea, plans began taking shape to return to Vegas for round two in 1988. It was definitely...