USS Somerset Sailors Visit Somerset County
Sailors assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) visited Somerset County, Pennsylvania, as part of the 23rd anniversary observance of Sept. 11 to honor the ship’s namesake and...
View ArticleMeeting of the Minds: Best Practice Exchanges during Pacific Partnership,...
QUANG NGAI, VIETNAM – More than 40 participants from the U.S., Australia and Vietnam participated in a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief workshop, collaborating with each other to share best...
View ArticleUSS Omaha participates in Oceania Maritime Security Initiative
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 18, 2024) – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Omaha (LCS 12), with an embarked detachment from Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 and a law enforcement...
View ArticleFort Hunter Liggett celebrates completion of $21.8 million microgrid project
Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) celebrates with a ribbon cutting ceremony for being the only Department of Defense installation to implement a microgrid system entirely operating on renewable energy,...
View Article167th Airlift Wing maintainer brings home gold in jiu-jitsu competition
Tech. Sgt. Christopher Conner recently took gold at the 2024 World Master International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) Jiu Jitsu Championship in Las Vegas.
View ArticleRemembering Operation Market Garden, 80 years later
In September of 1944, a route was planned through the Dutch countrysiderside as a part of Operation Market Garden. The Soldiers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, after fighting bitterly...
View ArticleUS, ADF plan for Talisman Sabre during sustainment concept conference
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii – The 8th Theater Sustainment Command hosted a weeklong sustainment concept development conference for Talisman Sabre 2025, Sept. 16, with planners from the U.S. Indo-Pacific...
View ArticlePEC BBQ team wins 1st and 3rd place trophies
The Arkansas National Guard hosted its annual Minuteman Day BBQ Cook-off at Camp Robinson, welcoming competitors from across the state. The event showcases military training and fosters community...
View ArticleWriter shares experience, accepts help, overcomes challenges
FORT JOHNSON, La. — September is suicide prevention month and wrestling my own demons for nearly two months recently got me thinking about how powerful those dark thoughts can be. How difficult it can...
View ArticleCOANG major races to raise money for Gold Star family
U.S. Air Force Maj. Benjamin Yokley, plans and programs officer and intel chief of operations, 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard participated in a Half Ironman in Louisville, Kentucky to raise...
View ArticleSpeaker: 21st Century technology is helping recover MIAs
A historian said he is in his dream job, working for a non-profit that recovers the remains of Missing In Action service members and returns them home to their relatives. Dr. Colin Colbourn, the lead...
View ArticleNew Intrepid Spirit Center for Fort Bliss, last to be built for NICoE
On September 18, 2024, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at William Beaumont Army Medical Center to celebrate the opening of the newly constructed Intrepid Spirit Center. The ceremony was celebrated...
View Article625 STOS completes SELM test
Airmen and Sailors from the 625th Strategic Operations Squadron, Offutt AFB, Neb., 576th Flight Test Squadron, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the 91st Missile Wing, Minot AFB, N.D., and the...
View ArticleCDSE Unveils Website Refresh for National Insider Threat Awareness Month
The Center for Development of Security Excellence (CDSE), a training and education provider within the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), has led the sixth annual National Insider...
View ArticleNAVFAC Pacific Awards $116 Million Government of Japan Funded Construction...
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $116,556,230 million firm-fixed price task order Government of Japan (GOJ) funded contract...
View ArticleWhat’s it like to hike up an Indonesian volcano? An Army engineer’s experience
FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Sgt. Mitzuki Blanquiset, a utilities equipment repairer with the 130th Engineer Brigade, had always had some type of connection to the environment — whether it was helping build...
View ArticleUSINDOPACOM and National Guard senior leaders gather to discuss State...
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command hosted the annual Senior Leaders Forum (SLF) for the State Partnership Program (SPP) from Sept. 10-16 at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. The SPP links U.S. National Guard units...
View ArticleHackathon IV – A cyber and computer challenge event for teens
ODENTON, Md. – Soldiers and Civilians from the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) hosted the Hackathon IV in partnership with the Anne Arundel County Public Library to encourage teen interest...
View ArticleHale Keiki Students learn Food Safety from Army Soldiers
Soldiers from the U.S. Army Veterinary Readiness Activity, Hawai'i, engaged with students at Hale Keiki School on Sept. 18 as part of a Food Safety Month outreach initiative. The team, which oversees...
View ArticlePACAF AIRPS assumption of command
U.S. Air Force Maj. Joshua Caragan, assumed command of the Pacific Air Forces Air Postal Squadron during an assumption of command ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 16. Col. Rosalie Duarte,...
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