MARCH 2, 2022 – The 405th Army Field Support Brigade fully activated its Army Prepositioned Stock-2 sites, and for the first time in the brigade’s APS-2 program history it’s tasked with outfitting an entire armored brigade combat team being deployed to Europe from the United States. All four battalions assigned to the 405th AFSB prepared and pushed out hundreds of vehicles … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2022
National Guard Troops from 15 States Join Arctic Exercise
Joint forces attend U.S. Stryker armored vehicle familiarization training during Joint Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot at Anchorage Alaska, Feb. 24, 2022. Joint Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian … [Read more...]
Getting Help for a Veteran Struggling with Substance Abuse
MARCH 4, 2022 - One out of every 15 veterans suffers because of substance abuse. This statistic is slightly less alarming than it sounds, since it’s lower than the national average of one out of every 11 adults who suffers with addiction more generally. Still, finding the right addiction help for veterans is crucial, since people who served in the military need treatment … [Read more...]
Air Force Hosts Women’s Air, Space Power Symposium
MARCH 2, 2022 - The Secretary of the Air Force's Office of Diversity and Inclusion, in partnership with the Women's Initiatives Team, will host the second annual Women's Air and Space Power Symposium March 8-10. The virtual symposium, which starts on International Women’s Day as part of the Department of the Air Force’s recognition of Women’s History Month, is a professional … [Read more...]
U.S. Stands With Ukraine, Biden Says in State of the Union
MARCH 2, 2022 - In his first State of the Union address since taking office more than a year ago, President Joe Biden inspired bi-partisan applause for the determination of the Ukrainian people against the Russian onslaught and said the United States stands with Ukraine in its struggle. The president used the first part of the State of the Union address to a stress that … [Read more...]