JUNE 12, 2024 – USS Constitution’s 78th commanding officer will take command of Old Ironsides during a change-of-command ceremony, scheduled for Friday, June 21, 2024, at noon. Constitution’s current and 77th commanding officer, Commander Billie J. Farrell, will be relieved by Commander Crystal L. Schaefer. The 500 guest ceremony will be broadcast live on USS … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2024
Guard Unit Tests NextGen Squad Weapons
Sgt. Laharey Robinson, an infantryman assigned to Bravo Co., 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, test fires the newly fielded Next Generation Squad Weapon Rifle (NGSW-R); XM7 during the qualification table of the Integrated Weapons Training Strategy at Fort Liberty, North Carolina on June 6, 2024. The 30th ABCT is a Major Subordinate … [Read more...]
A Final Watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
JUNE 12, 2024 – Row after row of white marble headstones stand neatly amid the meticulously maintained grounds of Arlington National Cemetery—almost in formation. Each bears the name of one of about 400,000 service members, veterans and family members laid to rest here. It is a quiet, peaceful place. Occasionally, a far-off bugler plays Taps, breaking the silence and signifying … [Read more...]
Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Federal Channel Fully Opened
JUNE 12, 2024 — As part of the Unified Command response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving today restored the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original operational dimensions of 700 feet wide and 50 feet deep for commercial maritime transit through the Port of Baltimore. Since … [Read more...]
Change in Sustainment Is Imminent
JUNE 12, 2024 - The military services are undergoing an intense transformation that requires the Defense Logistics Agency and industry to think, act and operate differently, DLA's director told leaders of 14 industry associations at a meeting last week. "Every service, every combatant command, and every regional command is reevaluating themselves — their equipment, … [Read more...]