DECEMBER 30, 2024 — Career counselors and retention NCOs representing units from across the XVIII Airborne Corps participated in the 2025 Career Counselor of the Year and Retention NCO of the Year competitions hosted by XVIII Airborne Corps on Fort Liberty, N.C., Dec. 9-13, 2024. Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division, 10th Mountain Division, 82nd Airborne Division, 101st … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2024
Instructors Train to Become Combat Lifesavers
DECEMBER 30, 2024 - Sixteen U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the 166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute, completed a Combat Lifesaver course instructed by the RTI's Medical Battalion Training Site Dec. 16-20. The 40-hour course covers medical field care. A CLS-trained Soldier is capable of providing advanced first aid and lifesaving techniques in combat … [Read more...]
DoD Mourns the Passing of President Jimmy Carter
DECEMBER 30, 2024 - The Department of Defense mourns the loss of President Jimmy Carter at age 100—a principled leader, America's longest-lived president, a great son of Georgia, and a steadfast champion of human rights and democratic ideals. Americans will remember President Carter for his leadership in office and his distinguished post-presidency, but the Department also … [Read more...]
Air Force Paves the Way for FY25 Success
The inaugural class of the U.S. Air Force’s Warrant Officer Training School take the oath of office at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Dec. 6, 2024. This historic cohort of 30 graduates marks the reintroduction of Warrant Officers to the Air Force following the dissolution of the Warrant Officer Corps in 1958. The inaugural class consisted of 22 Active Duty, 6 Guardsmen, and 2 … [Read more...]
Sailor Pioneered the Theory of Plate Tectonics
DECEMBER 28, 2024 - In 1967, W. Jason Morgan proposed that Earth's surface consists of rigid plates that move relative to each other, floating on the mantle, which is the layer below the crust. It was a radical idea at the time that later became known as the theory of plate tectonics. His theory was later bolstered by GPS, which can precisely measure plate movements. Plate … [Read more...]