APRIL 19, 2021 - The nation's capital has national memorials commemorating the sacrifices of service men and women who died in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Until this year, there hasn't been a national memorial commemorating World War I. Today, during a "first colors" ceremony, the U.S. flag was raised for the first time over the newly-constructed National World War I … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2021
Earth Day Underlines Importance of Energy Mitigation
APRIL 17, 2021 - For more than 50 years, the Army has celebrated Earth Day, reminding the force about the importance of being good stewards of both the environment and the Army’s resources. “Earth Day isn't just what we do on April 22, it's what the Army does every day where informed leaders take actions to protect vulnerable Army facilities, infrastructure and environmental … [Read more...]
Jolly Green II Completes Developmental Testing
APRIL 16, 2021 - The Air Force’s new combat search and rescue helicopter, the HH-60W Jolly Green II, completed its developmental test program at Eglin Air Force Base, April 13. The final test by the Sikorsky and Air Force team was on the aircraft’s weapon systems. The goal of the test was to both demonstrate the performance of the weapons while optimizing weapon-system … [Read more...]
USNS Mercy Conducts First Ever Flight Deck Landing of V-22 Osprey
APRIL 16, 2021 - Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is currently conducting dynamic interface testing operations off the coast of Southern California. The operations are tests for compatibility usage of variants of the V-22 Osprey and MH-60 Seahawk with the ship’s new flight deck, and the first time a V-22 has landed on an MSC hospital ship. The … [Read more...]
Flight Medics Describe Chaos After Rocket Attack
APRIL 16, 2021 - After February’s rocket attack on Erbil Air Base that killed one civilian contractor, injured several members of the Coalition and later killed one civilian, medevac Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade responded immediately to evacuate the wounded. The rockets landed near a contractor living area and casualties were taken by … [Read more...]