MARCH 20, 2024 - The crisis in Haiti requires an international solution that also includes the Haitian perspective, said Army Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command. Southcom has a wide range of contingency plans and is prepared for a possible mass migration from Haiti or elsewhere, she said today at an Atlantic Council event. "We want to be able to do … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
National Guard Brings Fallen Warrant Officers Home
MARCH 20, 2024 -The New York National Guard brought home the remains of two helicopter pilots killed in a Texas helicopter crash on Monday, March 18, 2024. The caskets containing the bodies of Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officers 2 Frankoski, and John M. Grassia III were ferried from Kelly Field, Texas to the Army Aviation Support Facility at Albany International … [Read more...]
Air Force to Establish New Squadron at Beale AFB
MARCH 20, 2024 - The Department of the Air Force selected Beale Air Force Base, California, as the home of a new Battle Management Control Squadron. The new mission will add 140 military authorizations at Beale AFB over the next few years with personnel expected to begin arriving in summer 2025. This is a vital step in the Department of the Air Force’s battle management … [Read more...]
U.S. Will Not Back Down on Support for Ukraine
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin lll and Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the media at a press conference during the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 19, 2024. The U.S. is committed to supporting Ukraine to deter and defend against further aggression and build a democratic, independent, … [Read more...]
Military Medicine an ‘Indispensable Asset to Our Military and the Nation’
MARCH 19, 2024 - Dr. Lester Martínez-López, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, underscored the importance of teamwork and cooperation to “enable the Department of Defense to provide medically ready and ready medical forces by improving the health of all entrusted to our care” at the 2024 annual meeting of AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals in … [Read more...]