Some military bases limiting gas purchases, encouraging telework in wake of pipeline shutdown 4 hours ago Gas stations at some military installations in the South are facing long lines and shortages. (MCCS Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River via Facebook) Some gas stations on military bases in the South are setting limits on gas purchases, in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown which has prompted long lines at the pump in a number of states that depend on the pipeline. Army and Air Force Exchange Service officials are “closely monitoring the situation, instituting limits as needed to mitigate potential outages” and getting fuel from all available suppliers, according to a statement from AAFES.
The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse, home of the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia. (Acroterion via Wikipedia)
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) A retired Air Force officer’s use of a racial slur toward a Black store clerk did not fall within the “fighting words” exception to free speech protection, the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday.
A U.S. magistrate judge found Lt. Col. Jules Bartow guilty under Virginia’s abusive language statute in a case stemming from a series of rhetorical questions that included a racial slur Bartow posed to a store clerk in 2018.
Cathy Johnson-Felder, a Black sales associate at the Marine Corps Exchange store in Quantico, Virginia, testified that she was involved in a heated exchange with Bartow while he tried on boots. The exchange started off badly, with Johnson-Felder wishing Bartow a good morning.
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One year after closing boot camp graduations to the public, the Marines are ready to welcome some members of the public back onto the recruit depot in San Diego to watch recruits graduate, the Marines said in a statement Monday.
Beginning April 22, each graduating Marine will be able to invite two guests to attend graduation and tour facilities at the base, the statement said. The Marines hold about 40 graduations per year in San Diego.
The announcement comes 13 months after the Corps suspended public graduations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are extremely proud to have families return to the depot for graduations,” said Brig. Gen. Ryan P. Heritage, the commanding general of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. “We look forward to welcoming more families in the near future, as more individuals receive the vaccination each day.”
Here’s how military stores are increasing your shopping options March 16 A Navy Exchange associate delivers merchandise to a customer at the designated curbside pickup parking lot at the Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange. (Courtesy photo by Stephanie Lau-Abdul, NEX Pearl Harbor) The pandemic has helped speed up some efforts to make shopping more convenient for military store customers. The newest: The online shopping/store pickup program has been added to 20 more Navy Exchange locations. There are now 28 locations where the Pick/Up Program is available, including two overseas locations the Navy Exchange locations in Yokosuka, Japan and Guam. Pick/Up is available at about one-third of the Navy Exchange locations in the continental U.S. Officials hope to have the service at 94 Navy Exchange main store locations by the end of 2021, said Kristine Sturkie, a spokeswoman for Navy Exchange Service Command. That’s about one-third of their stores.
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, only two percent are still alive today. Retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Marion Carcirieri is among them.
Not only did Carcirieri, or “Cass” as he is known, serve with the 6th Marine Division in the Pacific during World War II, but he also fought in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
He was wounded just once.
“It’s a miracle I made it through all of them,” Carcirieri said, who joined the Marine Corps when he was not yet even 17 years old.