U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz unload toys during a Toys for Tots toy transfer event to local charities on Guam, Dec. 17, 2021. This year marks the 74th year of the national Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign and its 12th year on Guam. MCB Camp Blaz participated in the annual campaign to help bring the joy of Christmas and send a message of … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2021
Tribal Partnerships Help Air Force Archaeologists
DECEMBER 23, 2021 - An Air Force team conducting an archaeological inventory in the west Utah desert has emerged with a discovery poised to completely reframe experts’ understanding of human tobacco use in North America. The groundbreaking find – 12,300-year-old tobacco seeds located in an ancient hearth on the Utah Test and Training Range – suggests tobacco’s cultural roots … [Read more...]
Active Duty, Reserve Sailors Encouraged to Get Boosted
DECEMBER 23, 2021 - Vice Adm. W. R. Merz, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans and Strategy, OPNAV N3/N5, released NAVADMIN 289/21 today, encouraging all Active and Reserve Component Navy personnel to obtain a COVID-19 booster shot. The new NAVADMIN indicates that while a booster is not currently mandatory, Navy leadership anticipates that it may become so … [Read more...]
National Cyber Director Unveils New Approach
DECEMBER 23, 2021 - After almost two years of operating within the COVID-19 environment, Cassandra C. Lewis knew it was time that her organization's annual flagship conference focus on the enduring impacts of the pandemic. "For many of us, stateside, it appears that the worst of the lockdowns are behind us. However, for much of the rest of the world, which we are a very … [Read more...]
U.S. Navy Seizes 1,400 Assault Rifles
DECEMBER 23, 2021 - U.S. 5th Fleet ships seized approximately 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a stateless fishing vessel during a flag verification boarding in accordance with customary international law in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 20. U.S. Navy patrol coastal ships USS Tempest (PC 2) and USS Typhoon (PC 5) found the weapons during a … [Read more...]