Airman 1st Class Barrett Darlington, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Civil Engineer Squadron, achieved Distinguished Graduate and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal after graduating the Air Force EOD preliminary course and the U.S. Navy’s eight-month explosive ordnance disposal school. (U.S. Air National … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2024
Marines, Sailors Partner to Support Free and Open Indo-Pacific
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3 joined Allied and partner nations in Indonesia for Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2024, Aug. 26 to Sept. 6. The annual multinational training event emphasized combined operations to enhance interoperability and support a free and open Indo-Pacific. Super Garuda Shield 2024 marked the third … [Read more...]
Navy to Commission Future USS Nantucket
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - The U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Nantucket (LCS 27), a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, November 16, 2024, at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. The naming of LCS 27 honors the rich heritage of the people of Nantucket and the maritime legacy that the island represents. As the sponsor of LCS 27, Polly Spencer, the wife of … [Read more...]
9/11 Brought a Call to Service, Sense of Duty
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 — The terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, trumpeted a call to service for many. Among them, 17-year-old twins in Florida who were contemplating life after high school. For a senior at the United States Military Academy at West Point, watching the attack in New York City on television that morning stirred an immediate and urgent … [Read more...]
Symphony In the Sky
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 - As part of their centennial celebration, Offutt Air Force Base held the Defenders of Freedom Air and Space show on Aug. 24-25, 2024. This was the first time Offutt has held the air show since 2018, due to the historic 2019 flood which destroyed one-third of the base, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 18-month runway reconstruction, which wrapped up in Sept. … [Read more...]