Two U.S. bases in eastern Afghanistan were attacked by Taliban fighters on Saturday morning, according to a report by The Washington Post. The news was shared by NATO and Afghan officials. The attacks began at 4 in the morning on Saturday, with the launching of simultaneous attacks against Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province [...]
August 20 – 29, 2010 is Boise Navy Week, which is being observed in conjunction with the Western Idaho Fair. Rear Admiral Douglas J. Asbjornsen, Special Assistant for Integrated Undersea Warfare Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, is the leading spokesperson during Boise Navy Week. Last August 21, Rear Admiral Asbjornsen paid a visit to [...]
August 26 marked the 90th anniversary of women’s right to vote, and the Chief of Naval Operations Heritage Committee commemorated the day by celebrating Woman’s Equality Day at the Arlington Annex, according to a feature on the Navy website. The event included galleries of extraordinary Navy women in history. To remember the importance of this [...]
On August 26, 1920, Congress enacted the 19th Amendment, which gave American women the right to vote. It is certainly fitting that a woman who is set to be among those who will make history in terms of gender equality is featured today. A feature on OPB News shares the profile of Ensign Amber Pfeifer, [...]
We shared in a couple of previous posts an incident in Afghanistan involving Sailors who went missing in Logar province. The Taliban has claimed that one of the Sailors was killed in a firefight, while the other has been captured. According to a feature on the Navy Times, the Pentagon released the identities of the [...]
They may have assumed non-combat roles moving forward, but a feature on the Navy Times shares that the remaining troops in Iraq still face dangerous situations. Such missions as counter-terror raids are not classified as combat missions, but they are dangerous nonetheless. As mentioned in previous posts, the remaining U.S. troops in Iraq are tasked [...]
