OCTOBER 9, 2024 - Airmen mobilized as the 41st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and 563d Personnel Recovery Task Force, from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, rescued four injured civilians, one critically injured, during search and rescue efforts in North Carolina, Oct. 5. In support of a Federal Emergency Management Agency mission assignment, the 563d PRTF has been … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
TRICARE Referrals and Specialty Care Change in 2025
OCTOBER 9, 2024 – Health care delivery under new TRICARE contracts starts on Jan. 1, 2025. This change will affect you unless you have TRICARE For Life, the US Family Health Plan, or a TRICARE health plan overseas. These new contracts will improve quality and access for beneficiaries in the United States. This includes enhancing referral management and access to specialty … [Read more...]
DoD Prepares for Hurricane Milton
OCTOBER 9, 2024 - The National Guard and active duty forces have been engaged in relief efforts across the southeastern United States following Hurricane Helene, which made landfall late last month. But at the same time that work is going on, Singh said, the Defense Department is readying itself for the next storm, Hurricane Milton. In North Carolina, one of the areas … [Read more...]
Guard Provides Drinking Water to Helene Victims
U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Diamond Espinoza, a water treatment specialist assigned to Alpha Company 169th Divisional Sustainment Support Battalion, pumps water for a local in Mountain City, Tennessee, Oct. 6, 2024. The Tennessee National Guard continues to support the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the state, county and local first responders in the areas impacted … [Read more...]
Air Guard Delivers 450,000 Pounds of Cargo
Members of the North Carolina Air National Guard load hurricane relief pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III for delivery to Western North Carolina in support of humanitarian efforts following Tropical Storm Helene at the North Carolina Air National Guard, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, October 3, 2024. The hurricane relief pallets contain Meals ready to Eat (MREs), … [Read more...]