JULY 27, 2020 - The novel coronavirus pandemic has claimed another big event for runners. Marine Corps Marathon officials announced July 20 that the traditional fall race will be canceled for the first time in its 45-year history. The 2020 in-person Marine Corps Marathon events scheduled to take place in and around Washington, D.C., from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25 will now go … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2020
Hurricane Hunters Deploy to Hawaii to Fly Hurricane Douglas
JULY 27, 2020 - Aircrews with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters,” an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, are scheduled to fly data-gathering missions into Hurricane Douglas out of Barbers Point Kapolei Airport, Hawaii, starting July 25. The Hurricane Hunters are projected to fly the storm through … [Read more...]
Trump Signs Proclamation Commemorating End of Korean War
JULY 27, 2020 - Sixty-seven years ago, the guns fell silent along the Korean demilitarized zone after more than three years of brutal fighting to defeat the expansion of communism on the Korean Peninsula, President Donald J. Trump said in a proclamation yesterday. National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day marks the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on July 27,1953, … [Read more...]
Space Force Rockets Toward Milestones
JULY 26, 2020 - Although the Space Force, the military's newest service, is just seven months old, it has sprinted toward its goal of preserving dominance in the space domain, its leader said. Gen. John W. Raymond, chief of space operations of the Space Force and commander of U.S. Space Command, held a video briefing today at the Pentagon, hosted by the Center for a New … [Read more...]
Russia, Wagner Group Continue Military Involvement in Libya
JULY 25, 2020 - U.S. Africa Command has mounting evidence that Russia, through the Wagner Group, continues to position military equipment in Libya capable of conducting kinetic operations there. Overhead imagery shows Wagner forces and equipment on the front lines of the Libyan conflict in Sirte. Wagner, also known as the Wagner Group, is a Russian private military … [Read more...]