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See page 22 Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Army Air Force AT AT EASE ARMED FORCES San Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 FIFTY SEVENTH YEAR NO. 14 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 October U.S. precision airstrikes kill Monthly 17 ISIS militants in Libya Observances by Cheryl Pellerin WASHINGTON - U.S. forces, in coordination with Libya’s Adopt A Shelter Dog Month government of national accord and aligned forces, conducted six AIDS Awareness Month precision airstrikes in Libya against an Islamic State of Iraq and American Cheese Month Syria desert camp Sept. 22, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Rob American Pharmacists Month Manning said here Sept. 25. Antidepressant Death Awareness The strikes killed 17 ISIS militants and destroyed three vehicles Apple Month in a camp about 150 miles southeast of Sirte, Manning told reporters Bat Appreciation Month during a briefing that also covered operations in Iraq and Syria. Black Speculative Fiction Mo ISIS used the camp to move fighters in and out of the country, Breast Cancer Awareness Mo stockpile weapons and equipment and plot and conduct attacks, Man- Bullying Prevention Month ning said. “ISIS and al-Qaida have taken advantage of ungoverned Blindness Awareness Month spaces in Libya to establish sanctuaries for plotting, inspiring and directing terror attacks,” he added. Caffeine Addiction Recovery The terrorists, U.S. Africa Command officials said in a state- Celiac Disease Awareness ment, also use such spaces to recruit and facilitate the movement Celebrating Bilingual Child of foreign terrorist fighters and to raise and move funds to support Children’s Magazine Month their operations. Church Library Month “These terrorists have sought safe haven and freedom of movement Church Safety and Security in Libya to launch external terror attacks in neighboring countries, Class Reunion Month and their operatives in Libya have also been connected to multiple Co-op Awareness Month attacks across Europe,” Africom officials said. Corn Month Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, the government of national ac- Country Music Month cord and their aligned forces have been stalwart and valued partners Cut Out Dissection Month against terrorism, Africom officials added. And while Libya has Domestic Violence Awareness made considerable progress against ISIS, most notably by dislodg- ing ISIS fighters from Sirte last year, the terrorists have tried to take Down Syndrome Awareness advantage of political instability there to create safe havens in parts Dyslexia Awareness Month of the country, they said. Eat Better, Eat Together see Airstrikes, page 2 Emotional Intelligence Awareness Employee Ownership Month USS Fitzgerald to change Eye Injury Prevention Month Fair Trade Month homeport to Pascagoula Financial Planning Month WASHINGTON - The Navy announced Sept. 22 that destroyer Feral Hog Month USS Fitzgerald will be changing homeport from Yokosuka, Japan Gay & Lesbian History Month to Pascagoula, Miss., effective Dec. 15 in support of repairs follow- German-American Heritage ing the collision with Merchant Vessel ACX Crystal off the coast Global ADHD Awareness of Japan on June 17. Global Diversity Awareness The Navy previously announced that it intends to award a contract Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham initiating the restoration of Fitzgerald at Huntington Ingalls Indus- Halloween Safety Month tries in Pascagoula before the end of the fiscal year. Head Start Awareness Month The start date, scope, cost and the time required to fully restore Health Literacy Month the ship have not yet been determined. The Navy chose this course of action following a review of the Home Eye Safety Month capabilities and workload of new construction and repair shipyards. Improve Your Home Month Given the complexity of the work and the significant unknowns of I’m Just Me Because Month the restoration, the Navy determined that only an Arleigh Burke-class Italian-American Heritage shipbuilder could perform the effort. International Augmentative & Meanwhile, Cmdr. Garrett Miller relieved Cmdr. John “Jack” Alternative Communication Fay as commanding officer of Fitzgerald and her crew. Fay was continued next week Story on page 8 appointed as the interim commanding officer in July 2017. Visit us today at: View our products on our website www.conelysusa.com to receive 15% DISCOUNT -PLUS-A FREE GIFT (up to $200) Promo code USAF It’s official: Marines have their first female infantry officer by Hope Hodge Seck combat endurance test that kicks closed to women. Two more which kicked off in July, has (MILITARY.COM) - A fe- off the course. The test runs more tried to pass the course dur- proceeded in privacy, with little male Marine lieutenant quietly than 14 hours and is designed ing the same time period as a exposure to the public eye, there crossed one of the last remaining to test Marine officers mentally prerequisite for a ground intel- were indicators early on that hurdles for women in the service as well as physically, forcing ligence MOS. Marine officials sensed history Sept. 25, celebrating graduation them to hike many miles with was about to be made. of the famously difficult infan- 80-pound packs and complete During that same time period, try officer course in a private an obstacle course in which 978 male officers attempted IOC “We have a female officer ceremony reserved for family they must climb a 20-foot rope and 692 graduated, TECOM right now in infantry officers members. multiple times. spokesman Capt. Joshua Pena course, and she’s part of the way previously told Military.com. through, doing very well,” Assis- The officer, who asked not to The Marine Corps has at times tant Commandant of the Marine Infantry Marines and Soldiers conduct a patrol while be identified, is the first woman faced pressure to reconsider Since the Marine Corps Corps Gen. Glenn Walters told in route to a key leader engagement during the in the Marine Corps to earn the the difficulty level of IOC as it opened the infantry and all reporters at the Pentagon in early Georgia Deployment Program Mission Rehearsal Ex- 0302 infantry officer military proved a much more formidable other previously male-only jobs August. “These are successes ercise at Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 17, 2017. photo occupational specialty. She will challenge than the enlisted In- in 2016 in compliance with a that never seem to get out in by Cpl. Kimberly Aguirre soon be sent to her new unit, fantry Training Battalion course, Pentagon-wide mandate, four the press.” which is within 1st Marine Di- which has graduated well over female officers have attempted In all, 131 Marines started the fully deserve competent and vision, out of Camp Pendleton, 200 female Marines to date, the course, including the lieu- IOC instructors and TECOM course 13 weeks ago, and 88 capable leaders, and these IOC officials with Marine Corps some of whom have gone on tenant who graduated today, leadership have declined to graduated today, officials said, graduates met every training Training and Education Com- to take positions in operational Pena said. further discuss IOC and the giving the course a 67 percent requirement as they prepare for mand said Monday morning. infantry units. lieutenant’s history-making ac- graduation rate. the next challenge of leading Though the recent IOC class, complishment. infantry Marines; ultimately, in “I’m proud of this officer But leaders remained adamant “Marines expect and right- combat,” Neller said. and those in her class who that they wouldn’t change stan- U.S. bombers, fighter escorts fly have earned the infantry officer dards to make a quota. Airstrikes 10 square kilometers of Ana MOS,” Marine Corps Comman- over waters east of North Korea reported clear. ISIS executed 45 continued from page 1 dant Gen. Robert Neller said in “The important thing is that WASHINGTON - Air Force This is the farthest north of of its own fighters fleeing from a statement. it’s open for anybody who quali- B-1B Lancer bombers from the Demilitarized Zone any U.S. Leaving this unaddressed, Ana toward Rawah, he added, fies,” then-Navy Secretary Ray Guam, along with Air Force fighter or bomber aircraft have Africom officials said, would leaving bodies on the road as Some 32 female officers have Mabus told reporters in January. F-15C Eagle fighter escorts flown off North Korea’s coast in allow the violent terrorist organi- warnings to others. previously attempted the 13- “It’s just that you have a chance from Okinawa, Japan, flew the 21st century, White said. zation to inspire attacks against week infantry officer course at to make it through.” in international airspace over America, its allies and American Meanwhile, Manning said, Quantico, Va., since the course waters east of North Ko- The mission underscores the interests around the world. the operation to liberate Hawija first opened to women on an In all, 27 female officers at- rea Sept. 23, chief Pentagon seriousness with which the Unit- progressed with diminishing experimental basis in 2012. The tempted IOC on an experimental spokesperson Dana W. White ed States takes North Korea’s “The United States,” Man- ISIS resistance, and about 60 vast majority of applicants did basis from 2012 to 2015, while said in a statement announcing “reckless behavior,” she added. ning said, “will track and hunt percent of eastern Sharqat has not make it past the grueling infantry jobs still remained the mission.

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