AUGUST 2, 2022 - Yesterday, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $550 million to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's seventeenth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. Capabilities in … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2022
Air Force Cycling Team Rides in RAGBRAI
AUGUST 1, 2022 - The Air Force Cycling team is riding again in the 2022 Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa or RAGBRAI. The trip is a week-long recreational touring bicycle ride that takes cyclists from the Missouri river in the west to the Mississippi in the east. The Air Force Cycling team made their way to Sioux City where the Iowa Air National Guard’s 185th … [Read more...]
Sky Soldiers Team Up with German Paratroopers
AUGUST 1, 2022 — U.S. paratroopers or “Sky Soldiers” with the 173rd Airborne Brigade and German paratroopers with the 26th Airborne Brigade 'Saarland' conducted an allied airborne operation into Lake Constance, Germany on July 29, 2022. Lake Constance sits on the borders of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Approximately 500 people came to view the paratroopers doing what … [Read more...]
Battalion Grooms Young Soldiers for Leadership
AUGUST 1, 2022 – Allied Forces North Battalion hosted a Junior Noncommissioned Officer Symposium June 27-29 culminating with an NCO Induction Ceremony on June 30 at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Event Centre. The purpose of the event was to “deliberately invest time in developing the newest corporals and sergeants to the Noncommissioned Officer Corps in order … [Read more...]
U.S. Space Force TMO Visits Space Systems Command
AUGUST 1, 2022 - The U.S. Space Force’s Talent Management Office (TMO) conducted a town hall meeting at Space Systems Command to discuss and reinforce the implementation of the Guardian Ideal, July 13. The Guardian Ideal, initially employed in September 2021, is a foundational document creating a new talent management approach to build upon each individual’s unique strengths … [Read more...]