APRIL 18, 2024 - Defense Department quality of life issues for service members, military construction and toxic chemical cleanup are being addressed in President Joe Biden's fiscal year 2025 budget request. Brendan Owens, assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations and environment, and service officials testified yesterday at a House Readiness Subcommittee … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
JROTC Cadets Instill Values of Leadership
APRIL 18, 2024 – A group of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets aimed to instill the values of leadership and respect in elementary students here during a visit with them April 11. As part of what they call their service-learning project, the cadets of Zama Middle High School’s Trojan Battalion came to Lanham Elementary School on Naval Air Facility Atsugi to … [Read more...]
B-52s Land at Civilian Airfield
APRIL 18, 2024 – A pair of B-52H Stratofortresses from the 20th Bomb Squadron tested their capabilities by landing at a civilian airfield as part of exercise Bayou Vigilance on April 12, 2024. Bayou Vigilance exercises aim to increase the readiness and lethality of the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. This is accomplished by simulating combat operations and … [Read more...]
Modernized Aviation Curriculum Takes Off
APRIL 18, 2024 - A modernized aviation specific program, designed to enhance the student experience, recently launched at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center. This is the catalyst for continued improvement and modernization of the Specialized English Training aviation curricula. DLIELC performs a unique mission teaching English to international … [Read more...]
Austin, Brown Stress Passing DOD’s Proposed FY25 Budget
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. … [Read more...]