OCTOBER 31, 2023 – Pacific Partnership has returned to Fiji to conduct the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Blue Pacific, Oct. 31. Returning to Fiji for the second time during the 2023 mission, Pacific Partnership enables participants to work together to enhance disaster response capabilities and … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2023
Fort Gordon Redesignated as Fort Eisenhower
OCTOBER 31, 2023 — Fort Gordon was officially predesignated as Fort Eisenhower during a historic ceremony Oct. 27, 2023, on Barton Field. The event drew hundreds of people including dignitaries, service members, veterans and family members of the installation's new namesake. Now named in honor of Army Gen. and President Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower, it is the last of nine Army … [Read more...]
DOD Continues Efforts to Support Israel, Limit Spread of War
231028-N-UQ924-1270 STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (Oct. 28, 2023) The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Oct. 28, 2023. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to provide the national command authority flexible, tailorable, warfighting capability to maintain maritime stability and to ensure access, deter … [Read more...]
Navy Names Future Medical Ship USNS Balboa
OCTOBER 30, 2023 - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced today that a future Bethesda-class expeditionary medical ship will be named USNS Balboa (EMS 2), during a ceremony at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Oct. 27. The future USNS Balboa honors the legacy and commitment of Navy doctors, nurses, corpsmen, and staff of Balboa Naval Hospital in caring for the needs … [Read more...]
National Guard Soldier Trains for the Olympics
Spc. Dalton Duffield, an Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldier and Moore, Oklahoma native, throws his competitor during a wrestling practice match at Fort Carson, Colorado, Aug. 8, 2023. Duffield is a member of the Oklahoma National Guard and a Greco-Roman wrestler pursuing his Olympic goals through the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by … [Read more...]