Sentences with phrase «us airman»
Around 300 planes were destroyed — either by anti-aircraft fire or from kamikaze attacks — and over 10,000 Japanese sailors and airmen died.
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307 US sailors and airmen were killed.
The Japanese also lost one cruiser, 292 aircraft, and over 2,500 sailors and airmen.
Japanese losses were high — three out of the nine aircraft carriers were sunk, as well as two oil tankers, 395 carrier - based planes, and over 2,000 sailors and airmen.
It carried out air patrols over Mogadishu in Somalia and was the first carrier to fully integrate female airmen.
They taught hundreds of thousands of airmen,» he said.
The Air Force has decided to waive some training responsibilities for airmen and to relax other recruiting policies to attract more recruits.
The latest part of this effort is a review ordered by Mattis to identify and either reduce or eliminate the duties that pull military personnel away from tasks directly related to their jobs as soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines.
The Air Force review found that since 2002, a whopping 60,000 incidents involving airmen that «potentially» merited inclusion in NICS went unaddressed, according to the New York Times.
An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen» service members found guilty of violent offenses to the federal gun background check database, with representatives of the service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»
Six F - 15C Eagles and about 280 support airmen also recently arrived in Iceland for a training and air - surveillance mission in support of NATO.
«Cultural issues that affect the quality of life and service for our airmen,» such as duties not related to flying and difficulties maintaining work - life balance, also appear to have driven fliers away, Grosso said.
An aging C - 130 Hercules that rescued and resupplied U.S. citizens after last year's hurricanes crashed during what was supposed to be its final flight, killing all nine Puerto Rican airmen on board.
Soldier for soldier, sailor for sailor, airman for airman, the Canadian Armed Forces are once again the best in the world.
«Those things take time, and we have to build trust with our airmen... after significant long periods of conflict where we took our eye off the ball a little bit,» Grosso said.
While employing this concept, we believe it's possible to have any Airman anywhere discuss Air Force missions around the globe in a secure manner.
The U.S. Air Force selected 30 enlisted airmen for the next phase of drone pilot training for the Northrop Grumman RQ - 4 Global Hawk last week.
«We remember Cajun as an airman, a warrior, a talented fighter pilot, and a great friend with more than 3,500 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft,» Walsh says in the video.
«The U.S. Air Force recently has gone through a transformation and David Meerman Scott has shown us how to «lose control of our message» thus allowing all Airmen to be communicators for the Air Force.
All nine airmen on board were confirmed dead, Boone said.
The area, about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City, has a population of 5,500 active duty airmen on base.
Also killed were Senior Master Sgt. Jan Paravisini, a mechanic; Master Sgt. Jean Audriffred; Master Sgt. Mario Brana, a flight engineer; Master Sgt. Victor Colon; Master Sgt. Eric Circuns, a loadmaster; and Senior Airman Roberto Espada.
Families and friends of the nine airmen, meanwhile, grieved and took note of the fact that Puerto Rico's planes are the oldest in the National Guard inventory.
Members of JBER's Chaplain Corp help keep soldiers and airmen fit to fight.
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By the time our sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines become veterans, they know how to follow a proven system.
Echoing then - Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's remarks last month, Goldfein said most view the January strike in Libya as a B - 2 strike, but forget that its journey and mission were supplemented by Air Force tankers, maintainer airmen and weapons loaders, among other «family of systems.»
The C - 130 Hercules that nosedived onto a Georgia highway, killing all nine Puerto Rican airmen aboard, was an aging aircraft used by the Puerto Rico National Guard after last year's hurricanes and was on its final flight Wednesday en route to retirement in Arizona.
Military investigators began the arduous task Thursday of answering why a C - 130 Hercules cargo plane being flown into retirement by an experienced crew of nine airmen plunged onto a Georgia highway.
In an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault, Team McChord Airmen strapped on their running shoes and participated in the 62nd Airlift Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office's Take Back the Night 5K walk / run April 25 on Joint Base Lewis - McChord.
The Development and Training Flight program helps future Reserve Citizen Airmen prepare for basic training and make the transition to serving their country.
Senior Airman Roberto Espada, from Salinas, who the National Guard said is survived by his grandmother.
Officials identified the victims on Thursday — all airmen from Puerto Rico, where the plane had been based.
Nine airmen from the Puerto Rico National Guard were killed in yesterday's military plane crash, officials say pic.twitter.com/k0zKzi 4bGc
A team from Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina is conducting the investigation, while a team from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware was sent to recover the airmen's remains, Boone said.
Harry Knox starts off his argument with this,»... costing our nation millions of dollars and many highly - trained soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines — including hundreds with critical language skills desperately needed in our ongoing fight against terrorism around the world...» I wonder why he would quantify those in which he is defending.
Our Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Marines worship and deserve a place to do it.
Just Sayin: Bush Sr. also killed a couple of his fellow airman during a botched landing attempt — so what?
Not every solider is a killer and not every airman is a pilot.
The gunman allegedly saw an online video which upset him, and as a result two American airmen lay dead in front of Terminal 2 a few days later.
The AFA statement read, in part, «Here at the Academy, we world to build a culture of dignity and respect, and that respect includes the ability of our cadets, Airmen and civilian Airmen to freely practice and exercise their religious preference --- or not.»
(CNN)-- The Air Force has reversed course again and will allow an atheist airman to omit the phrase «so help me God» from its oath, the military branch said Wednesday.
Even then, however, it was not an absolute requirement in the Air Force: Official policy had stated that «Airmen may omit the words «so help me God,» if desired for personal reasons.»
«Airmen who choose to omit the words «So help me God» from enlistment and officer appointment oaths may do so.»
Earlier, the Air Force said the unnamed airman would not be allowed to re-enlist unless he recited the entire oath, including the disputed «God» section.
«The Air Force will be updating the instructions for both enlisted and commissioned Airmen to reflect these changes in the coming weeks, but the policy change is effective now,» the Air Force said.
A crucifix is among memorials dedicated to airmen in the First and Second World Wars that have been given... More
This policy has seen thousands of dedicated service members discharged simply because of who they are, costing our nation millions of dollars and many highly - trained soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines - including hundreds with critical language skills desperately needed in our ongoing fight against terrorism around the world.
She moved around the room asking various airmen to stand up so that she could question them.
They are scientists, thinkers, airmen and so on — all those possessed by the demon (or the angel) of Research.