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Military Coast Guard News Center Military Coast Guard News Center Two Boaters Rescued New Hilton Head Wellhead Allision Response Continues CG Continues to Help Grounded Boat Member of the Month: David Lebrecht Operations Spc. 1st Class David Lebrecht looks out on a world that is sometimes very cold. It can't be helped. The Illinois-born Lebrecht currently lives in Juneau, Alaska, where he's an operations specialist 1st class with the 17th District of the U.S. Coast Guard. Report Calls for Coast Guard Budget Boost Twelve of the nineteen U.S. Coast Guard cutters that were sent to Haiti to respond to January's devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake required emergency maintenance while en route, and two had to be recalled from operations for emergency dry-dock repairs, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP). Military Marine Corps News Center Military Marine Corps News Center Gold Star Families Gather in D.C. Area Victims’ Family Sues Over Jet Crash CLBEX Helps Deployment Prep US Marines See MV-22 Improvements The U.S. Marine Corps says MV-22 performance and reliability are improving, but operators are still pushing for further enhancements, including improving the system's firepower. MP’s Burst Through Urban Training Military Air Force News Center Military Air Force News Center Israel Debates Deterrence vs. Cost on F-35 Critics contend that the planned Israeli money for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, estimated at about $2.75 billion for the first 19 aircraft, could be better used upgrading conventional, non-stealthy aircraft with long-range, high-speed stealthy weapons and sensors with the range to support such attacks. NCO Academy Graduates Largest Class AF Academy Instructor Positions Open Officials Want F-35s at Eglin Navy, USAF Coordinate High-Altitude UAV Work More questions than answers are arising from the U.S. Navy/Air Force memorandum of agreement to coordinate efforts on their respective high-altitude reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Military Navy News Center Military Navy News Center Gitmo Chiefs Refurbish Memorials USS Michigan Starts Smoking Ban Early Vinson Shoots Record Missile Number Navy, USAF Coordinate High-Altitude UAV Work More questions than answers are arising from the U.S. Navy/Air Force memorandum of agreement to coordinate efforts on their respective high-altitude reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). JSF Chief a No-Show at Farnborough Vice Adm. David Venlet, the new director of the tri-service, nine-nation Joint Strike Fighter program, is not planning to attend the Farnborough Air Show during his first year in the high-profile post. Military Army News Center Military Army News Center U.S. to Improve Latvia Fire Stations Latest SOSCOE Build Complete Boeing Rolls Out 100th F-Model Chinook BAE-Northrop GCV Hybrid Drive a Gamble Executives for BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman acknowledge that U.S. Army leadership is somewhat split on the benefits of a hybrid-electric drive for the service's new Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), but they say their bid featuring such a system is worth the gambit. Member of the Month: Allie Trevillian Allie Trevillian has been an Army wife since her husband, Spc. James Trevillian, enlisted in September 2006. James is an information technology specialist with the 3rd Army's G-6, or chief information office, at Fort McPherson, Ga.

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