U.S. Air Force Col. Bernadette Maldonado and Lt. Col. April Doolittle, New Jersey Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 108th Wing, walk with an Afghan girl in Liberty Village on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 8, 2021. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2022
Olympic Shooting Medalist Now Head Coach at Naval Academy
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program marksman Maj. Michael Anti (center) shoots his way to a silver medal in the men's 50-meter rifle three-position event in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games at Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre in Greece. Anti will compete in his fifth Olympics in the 50-meter prone rifle event Aug. 15 in Beijing. Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public … [Read more...]
Oregon National Guard Withdraws Troops from State Hospitals
JANUARY 4, 2022 - In late August of this year, over 300 Oregon Air Guardsmen from the Portland Air National Guard Base’s 142nd Wing were rapidly mobilized in a record-setting effort to provide emergency support to Oregon’s hospitals during a surge in COVID-19 cases. From August to December 2021, Joint Task Force (JTF) Reassurance sent over 1,500 Oregon Air and Army National … [Read more...]
Marine F/A-18s Bring Joint-Force to Saudi Arabia
JANUARY 4, 2022 - Marines from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in late December, bringing a full squadron of F/A-18 Hornets. Serving as a strategic operating location, PSAB and the VMFA-115 Silver Eagles fill a mutually beneficial role of countering destabilizing regional activity. “Strategically from this … [Read more...]
Air Force Seeking Tech Talent
JANUARY 4, 2022 – Anyone interested in working for some of the Air Force’s premier organizations in the software enterprise can log onto a Zoom Live Q&A on Jan. 5 from 4:30 to 5:30 Eastern Time here. Lt. Col. John Priestly, Unified Platform materiel leader, Maj. Camdon Cady, Platform One chief operating officer and Leah Peterson, Kessel Run talent management team, spoke … [Read more...]