MARCH 14, 2024 - Each year, millions of Americans organize their proof of insurance, employment records and year-end statements in preparation for tax season. Yet, there lies a lingering question: How can taxpayers maintain proactive financial awareness throughout the year, not just during tax season? Mike Hamilton, the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
Airlift Wing Wraps up Antarctic Science Support Mission
An LC-130 Hercules assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing sits on the ice runway near the United States’s main operating location in Antarctica, McMurdo Station, on Nov. 11, 2023. From October 2023 to March 2024, 366 Airmen assigned to the wing transported 2.2 million pounds of cargo, 1,500 passengers and 68,000 gallons of fuel in support of National … [Read more...]
Warfighting Posture Continues Despite Slight Budgetary Decrease
MARCH 14, 2024 - During fiscal year 2025, the Space Force will continue to invest in areas key to obtaining a warfighting posture despite a proposed 2% downturn in next year's budget, according to the agency's chief of space operations. While discussing the current state of the Space Force during a broad-ranging, half-hour interview with Defense One yesterday afternoon, Gen. … [Read more...]
Biden Announces Urgent Security Assistance for Ukraine
MARCH 13, 2024 - Yesterday, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance as an extraordinary measure to address some of Ukraine's most pressing security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-fifth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown … [Read more...]
Guard Bureau Chief Sees Innovation, Tech Converge in Texas
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, joins the South by Southwest Conference, Austin, Texas, March 9-10, 2024. Hokanson engaged with entrepreneurs, small business owners and innovators about new concepts that could benefit the Guard and the Joint Force. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Zach Sheely) MARCH 13, 2024 – Innovation and … [Read more...]