DECEMBER 23, 2022 - The National Guard’s footprint on domestic and international events continued in 2022, highlighting its transformation from a Cold War strategic reserve to the combat reserve of the Army and the Air Force. “People don’t realize just how large the National Guard is,” said Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau. “We have 445,000 … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2022
Youngstown Air Reserve Station Getting New C-130Js
DECEMBER 23, 2022 - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall selected Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, as the preferred location to replace its eight C-130Hs with eight C-130Js. This action recapitalizes an Air Force Reserve Command C-130H squadron, fulfilling the Fiscal Year 2021 Defense Appropriation and FY22 Omnibus bills, which congressionally added eight C-130J … [Read more...]
DoD Selects TRICARE Managed Care Support Vendors for 2024
DECEMBER 23, 2022 – The Defense Health Agency (DHA) today announced the Department of Defense (DoD) awarded the next generation of TRICARE Managed Care Support Contracts. The new T-5 contracts will go into effect in 2024. The T-5 MCS Contract maintains the requirement for two TRICARE regions in the United States – East and West. However, six states currently managed in the East … [Read more...]
NORAD Ready to Track Santa’s Flight for 67th Year
DECEMBER 22, 2022 - Every day of the year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command defends North America using an all-domain and globally integrated approach to track everything that flies in and around Canada and the United States. On Dec. 24 each year, NORAD adds a special mission: tracking Santa. Like many origin stories, NORAD’s mission to track Santa began by … [Read more...]
Gold Star Families Honored at Holiday Event
DECEMBER 22, 2022 — Vicenza military community members gathered in mid-December at U.S. Army Garrison Italy's Caserma Ederle to honor Gold Star and Survivor Families living in the community. During the annual pre-holiday get-together, Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund, commanding general, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, met with the family members at Army Community … [Read more...]