SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 – Coast Guard Cutter Valiant's crew repatriated 182 people to Haiti, Friday, following an interdiction south of the Turks and Caicos Islands. A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations multi-purpose aircraft aircrew notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders of an overloaded makeshift vessel at approximately 10:15 a.m., Sunday. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
First USSF Guardian Launches Into Space
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Sept. 28, 2024. The rocket carried U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague in a Dragon spacecraft that he is set to pilot to the International Space Station. This Crew-9 launch marks the first time that a USSF Guardian has launched into space. (U.S. Space Force photo by … [Read more...]
Veteran Honored with Replacement of His ‘Ike’ Jacket
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 — At 101, Army veteran Bernard “Barney” Mayrsohn considers himself a lucky man. He has his health, his 77-year-old son, Mark, living nearby, and a comfortable home overlooking Miami’s Bay of Biscayne. However, he was never luckier than in December 1944 when German troops overran the 106th Infantry Division at the start of the Battle of the Bulge. He … [Read more...]
Guard Rescues Stranded Hospital Patients
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 - The Tennessee National Guard helped rescue more than 50 patients and staff stranded at a hospital due to severe flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. At approximately noon CDT Friday, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency was notified more than 50 hospital staff members and patients were trapped at Unicoi County Hospital. Within the hour, the … [Read more...]
F-16 Pilot Awarded Kolligian Trophy
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin presented the 2023 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy to Capt. Harry "Butcher" McMahon during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 26. The trophy is named after 1st Lt. Koren Kolligian Jr., an Air Force pilot who was declared missing when his T-33 Shooting Star disappeared off the California coast on Sept. 14, … [Read more...]