OCTOBER 14, 2024 — Over 11,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were actively conducting Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene relief missions in the Southeast, helping first responders and victims by air, land and water. Disaster relief operations were centered in the hardest-hit areas of Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. Guard assistance also continued in … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
Happy Columbus Day!
OCTOBER 14, 2024 - Today marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus landing on San Salvador Island on October 12th, 1492. Columbus’s significance goes beyond merely discovering the New World; he laid the foundation for the American experiment, representing Western ideals' pinnacle. He brought a thirst for knowledge, a commitment to progress, a reverence for the natural … [Read more...]
U.S. Sending THAAD Battery to Israel
[UPDATE: OCTOBER 15, 2024] "Yesterday, October 14, an advance team of U.S. military personnel and initial components necessary to operate the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery arrived in Israel.Over the coming days, additional U.S. military personnel and THAAD battery components will continue to arrive in Israel. The battery will be fully operational … [Read more...]
Force Commemorates Navy’s 249th Birthday
OCTOBER 13, 2024 - The U.S. Navy celebrates its 249th birthday today, on October 13, 2024. Its history traces back to the late summer of 1775, when delegates from Rhode Island petitioned the Second Continental Congress, which agreed on October 13 to establish a fleet capable of protecting the seaports and waterways to preserve the colonies safety and secure the free flow of … [Read more...]
Defeat-ISIS Group Adapts
OCTOBER 12, 2024 - In 2014, the terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria swept across the two nations threatening millions of people in the Middle East with a vicious government that embraced murder, rape and genocide. ISIS was unlike other terror groups in that it had pretentions of ruling by caliphate in the Middle East and eliminating people who didn't believe exactly … [Read more...]