I got wore out just watching this....
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Pacific Partnership Missions. Missed opportunities on the homefront.
The US Navy just released an article touting its Pacific Partnership Missions. Read the whole thing but here's a blurb...
After 13 days of working with local medical, dental and engineering professionals in Papua New Guinea, serving close to 11,000 people, Pacific Partnership 2011 concluded its mission May 31 and got underway aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7).and this...
Since the first mission in 2006, Pacific Partnership has visited 15 countries, treated more than 230,000 patients and built over 150 engineering projects in 15 countries. During this year's mission, the Pacific Partnership team has treated more than 21,000 patients, participated in thousands of contact hours of formal SMEEs, and built classrooms and water catchment systems in all three of its mission ports.I have no problem in helping others...but if the Chief of Naval Operations wants to 'get the Navy story out' then perhaps he should start at home.
Imagine if this same effort...the medical and engineering assistance was turned toward our own crumbling schools and poor. Imagine how the citizens of this country would look at its Navy!
Quite simply. The US Military should not be globe trotting providing medical services overseas and doing building projects when we have severe needs here at home.
UPDATE:
Check out this press release. Seems like Missouri Disaster Medical Assistance Team is having to call in a civilian company to provide services that the US Navy is doing for free in other countries. If you disagree fine. But this is shameful. How this can go unnoticed at the highest levels of our military...talking to you Admiral---or have you already packed up for the Vice Chair position?--is beyond me.
RB-Portraits...A website you have to check out.
website here...and his facebook page here...to check it out for yourself.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Marine Special Operations Battalion conducts HALO Training.
All Photos by LCpl K McNally...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
African Lion 2011.
Team Timberwolf...the video!
Team Timberwolf website. Force Protection definitely keeps their cards close to the vest when it comes to their vehicles.
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