The Army “has been working” on the housing problems publicized in the Washington Post (see above), according to Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman. Top Pentagon leaders are now engaged, he said. According to a Pentagon release, the Army and Navy Secretaries “have begun a review of the medical care” provided in the National Capital Region. It also states that DOD is forming an independent review group to “look into outpatient care and the administrative processes.”
U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles have roared out of Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., for the last time. The 104th Fighter Wing’s last three F-15Cs departed the base Oct. 23 for the “Boneyard” at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., ending the aircraft's era on the frontlines of homeland defense.
