CST 2024 Wrap Up
With Cadet Summer Training (CST) 2024 drawing to a close and over 7,000 Cadets Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadets newly graduated and ready to depart, it’s time to review some of the...
View ArticleMakin Island SPA Team Recognized for Their Efforts
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) was formally recognized for its outstanding contributions to increasing suicide prevention awareness and engagement
View ArticleUSS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) holds ribbon cutting for new USO spaces
The worlds largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) holds a ribbon cutting for the opening of new USO spaces in the ship library.
View ArticleFort Drum FMWR hosts muddiest event ever
Fort Drum Soldiers, family members and civilian employees spent part of their day reveling in mud and water obstacles across a 5.5-mile course at the annual Mountain Mudder on Aug. 16.
View ArticleArmy Career Week Hits NOLA High Schools for Live, Interactive Job Demos
NEW ORLEANS — Local high schools welcome Army Career Week featuring in-classroom visits from teams of specially trained Soldiers and three (3) mobile trailers filled with interactive simulators which...
View ArticleCultivating community leadership through the Honorary Commander Program
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST – Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst commanders welcomed 65 key civic leaders into the 2024-2025 Honorary Commander term during the annual HCC Induction Ceremony at Tommy...
View ArticlePhoto Story: Soldiers with 612th Engineer Detachment complete Fort McCoy...
Soldiers with the Army Reserve’s 612th Engineer Detachment (Utilities) of Duluth, Minn., worked on a sidewalk troop project in mid-August 2024 on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis.
View ArticleU.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training bids farewell to Kline,...
Fort Eustis, Va. – The U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training (CIMT) held a transition of leadership as Maj. Gen. John D. Kline passed the organizational colors to Lt. Gen. David J. Francis...
View ArticleIII Corps Deploys Armored Division to Korea
During a rapid deployment readiness exercise held Aug. 5-9 at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in South Korea, Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st...
View ArticleBritish Forces Burn the United States Capitol (24 AUG 1814)
On 24 August 1814, during the second year of the War of 1812, British forces defeated American forces at Bladensburg, Maryland, marched into poorly defended Washington D.C., and burned most of the...
View ArticleUH-60 Crash Claims Life of Reconnaissance Scout (22 AUG 2007)
On 22 August 2007, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying a ten-man scout platoon from the 25th Infantry Division crashed near Kirkuk, Iraq. Among the casualties was intelligence officer Capt. Derek A....
View ArticleImpact at RIMPAC: NPS Students Enhance Fleet Readiness with 3D Printing...
Students and faculty from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) conducted expeditionary advanced manufacturing research during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) and Trident Warrior 2024 exercises...
View ArticleOfficials recognize dynamic couple that spent decades supporting navigation
LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 16, 2024) – Gary and Judi Fleeman recently culminated a combined 51 years supporting navigation missions together on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers with the U.S. Army...
View ArticleDauphin Island Causeway Shoreline Restoration supplied by Mobile Harbor...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District has partnered with Mobile County to enhance coastal resilience and habitats using dredged sediments. This collaboration highlights the District’s...
View ArticleSentinel: The History of the DAF Modernizing the Backbone of America’s...
The U.S. Air Force is replacing the 54-year-old LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM weapon system with the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM. Upgrading to Sentinel ICBMs ensures the land-based leg of America's Nuclear...
View ArticleBAMBOO EAGLE 24-3: EXERCISE PREPARES 4TH FW AIRMEN AND TESTS MISSION...
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. - Pilots and maintainers from the 4th Fighter Wing recently tested their skills and abilities during Bamboo Eagle 24-3. The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center exercise...
View ArticleU.S. Navy investigating incident involving two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters at...
FALLON, Nev. – The U.S. Navy is investigating the cause of an incident involving two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 on the training ranges of Naval Air...
View ArticleOregon National Guard Soldiers Participate in Mobilization Ceremony Ahead of...
SALEM, Ore. – The mobilization ceremony for Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) was held today at the Salem Armory Auditorium. This event marked the...
View ArticleUS Army advisors build relationships, partnership during major exercise in...
GABORONE, Botswana — August 2024 was a time of excitement and successes for Botswana, from the country’s first ever gold medal in the Olympic games, to the completion of exercise Southern Accord 2024...
View ArticleArmy Reserve’s 702nd Engineers upgrades Fort McCoy’s Whitetail Ridge Ski Area...
Soldiers with the Army Reserve’s 702nd Engineer Company, which is based in Johnson City, Tenn., spent six days in early to mid-August working on a troop project that officials say has significantly...
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