USNS Burlington arrives in Colón, Panama during Continuing Promise 2024
COLÓN, Panama (Aug. 18, 2024) – Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10) arrived in Colón, Panama on Aug. 18, 2024 as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S....
View ArticleCommunity members experience outdoor adventures at Fort Drum
Community members explored the great outdoors and learned about all the North Country has to offer during Outdoor Adventure Day, hosted by the Fort Drum Environmental Division, Aug. 17, outside the...
View ArticleTennessee Army National Guard Commissions New Officers
Seven Tennessee Army National Guardsmen were commissioned as U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenants during a special ceremony at Smyrna’s Volunteer Training Site on August 18.
View ArticleNational Aviation Week: Military spouses explore relevance and efficiency of...
The District of Columbia Army Aviation Command provides spouse orientation flights during family day at Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Va. In addition to a capabilities brief presented by the...
View ArticleTRICARE Authorizes Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers for 10 Iowa Counties...
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in 10 Iowa counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Aug. 26, 2024, due to storm damage.
View ArticleNavy Supply Corps School Changes Command
NEWPORT, R.I. – The Navy Supply Corps School (NSCS) marked the beginning of a new chapter Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, as Captain T. Richie Jenkins assumed command from Captain Jason C. Warner during a...
View ArticleSchoolhouse Rock: Gulfport
The schoolhouse at Gulfport is located at the Naval Construction Training Center Gulfport in Mississippi and is the premier institution for training and equipping Structural Airmen Civil Engineers...
View ArticleAeromedical Nurse Practitioner ensures fliers are fit to fight
While relatively new to the Air Force as a career field, ANPs serve a vital purpose by providing care to Airmen who take part in flying missions, thereby keeping them fit to fight.
View ArticleUS Coast Guard, Arctic partner nations hold Operation Nanook pre-sail...
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian and Royal Danish navies held a pre-sail conference in Nova Scotia’s capital city of Halifax, Monday, in preparation for Operation Nanook....
View ArticleNAVFAC MIDLANT Awards $50 Million Contract for Multi-Discipline,...
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC MIDLANT) awarded Miller-Remick LLC, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, a $50 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity...
View ArticleFrom the Track to the Tarmac
Before putting on the uniform, Staff Sgt. Heaven Douglas, 139th Comptroller Flight, broke records and competed on one of the world’s biggest stages: the Olympic Trials. As a standout hammer thrower for...
View ArticleCARIBBEAN DISTRICT STEPS UP DURING ITS FIRST NATURAL DISASTER
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Caribbean District activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) ahead of Tropical Storm Ernesto. Caribbean District Commander, Col. Charles Decker, ordered...
View Article1st Cavalry Division Band blend American music with Polish Ceramic traditions
The 1st Cavalry Division Band performed in a parade and at a concert during the 30th annual ceramic festival from August 16 to August 17, 2024 in Boleslawiec, Poland. The Ceramic Festival invited...
View ArticleFort Stewart Hosts Adjutant General University for Human Resource Professionals
Fort Stewart hosted an Adjutant General University (AGU) for human resource (HR) Soldiers during Marne Sustainment Week, Aug. 12-16, 2024. Sustainment Week helps to build camaraderie amongst Soldiers...
View ArticleTraining at Walter Reed focuses on enhancing pain care skills, reducing...
Aug. 31 is Opioid Misuse Prevention Day and International Overdose Awareness Day, observed to raise awareness about overdose and share information on possible ways to prevent it, as well as acknowledge...
View ArticleCorps of Engineers seeks comments on Mississippi River Pool 10 study
ST. PAUL, Minn. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on the draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for the Bedload Sediment Collector Pilot Study in Clayton County,...
View ArticleAFMC unleashes power of integration during CDX Training Summit
Transformative growth was on full display at the fourth annual Air Force Materiel Command Continuous Improvement and Innovation Training Summit Aug. 13-15 at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Club.
View ArticleMaster Sgt. Jeffery Davis: Mentoring the Next Generation of First Sergeants
Have you ever wondered what a First Sergeant really does? You've likely seen them around the unit, helping your fellow Airmen or even called on them yourself. The better question might be: what doesn't...
View ArticleWhy I Serve – 3rd generation EOD technician
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Sgt. 1st Class Steven R. O’Connor, known as “Rex” to his peers, is currently assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit at Picatinny Arsenal. He is the Research,...
View ArticleTop Army intelligence officer visits largest annual U.S. Army Reserve...
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Anthony Hale, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, G-2, visited U.S. Army Reserve military intelligence soldiers training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 8-9, 2024.
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