JANUARY 27, 2023 – Electric vehicle charging stations have begun popping up at Army installations across the Nation, less than a year after the Army announced plans to reduce its climate impacts by decreasing fossil fuel use. The Army’s climate strategy, released in February 2022, outlines a plan to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent, in part by … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2023
U.S. Air Force, Japanese Forces Team Up
An F-15C Eagle assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron takes off for Exercise Southern Beach at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2023. Bilateral training exercises like Southern Beach help build trusting relationships among nations, ensuring allies are able to come together to effectively respond to demanding scenarios and execute high-end missions in defense of a free and open … [Read more...]
Developing the Force of the Future
JANUARY 27, 2023 - This large-scale, service-level exercise is designed to train, develop, and experiment with the 3d MLR as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, led by 3d Marine Division, operating as a Stand-in Force that is geographically distributed across a maritime environment contested by a peer-level adversary. “This will be the eighth exercise the MLR has … [Read more...]
Sextortion Human Trafficking Prevention Month Topic
JANUARY 27, 2023 - In December President Joe Biden proclaimed January as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. "Together, we can combat human trafficking and its cruel consequences — creating a safer, freer and more just world for everyone," the proclamation states. Biden encouraged people to report tips or seek help by calling the National Human Trafficking … [Read more...]
Camp Lejeune Awarded Environmental Restoration Award
Thomas Richard, left, installation restoration program manager, Laura Spung, center, installation restoration program assistant, and William Hagen Ratliff, right, underground storage tank program manager, all with the Environmental Quality Branch, pose for a photo after receiving the 2022 Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) and Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Environmental Awards for … [Read more...]