JANUARY 15, 2020 - Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono met at the Pentagon to reaffirm the defense relationship between the United States and Japan. Speaking with reporters after today's meeting, Esper noted that on Jan. 11, the United States and Japan celebrated the 60th annual signing of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2020
Women Join Ranks of Cavalry Scouts in Nebraska Army National Guard
JANUARY 14, 2020 - Every Soldier in the Nebraska Army National Guard has a story: the reasons why they joined the military, picked their particular military occupational specialty (MOS) job, or serve in their military unit of choice. For two Soldiers serving in the Nebraska Army National Guard's Troop B, 1-134th Cavalry, the stories are particularly different than those … [Read more...]
Tyndall AFB Comptrollers Support Base Rebuild, win Air Force Award
JANUARY 14, 2020 - A team of comptrollers from the 325th Comptroller Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, received the Gen. Larry O. Spencer Special Acts and Services award for assisting in more than 11,000 people from the 325th Fighter Wing with their finances before, during and after Hurricane Michael made landfall in October 2018. The award recognizes service members and … [Read more...]
How to Find Peace After the Military
JANUARY 14, 2020 - After I exited the Marine Corps in 2007, I spent two years essentially just drinking a lot. I wasn’t homeless or anything. But I certainly wasn’t doing anything with my life either. And it definitely wasn’t good for me. It also seemed that I wasn’t the only one. Many of the people I served with found themselves in similar predicaments. Our conversations … [Read more...]
Information Indicated ‘Broad Scale’ Attack Within ‘Matter of Days’
JANUARY 14, 2020 - Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper reiterated his belief on Sunday morning talk shows that elimination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani would prevent an attack that could lead to more dangerous, open conflict with Iran. "We had information that there was going to be an attack within a matter of days, that would be broad in scale, in other words more than … [Read more...]