Ten New York Army National Guard Soldiers who received the Purple Heart on May 10, 2025 at the Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, New York display their certificates following the ceremony. The ten Soldiers were injured during a January 28, 2024 drone attack on a military outpost in Jordan known as Tower 22. the Soldiers were among 14 from Charlie Company of the 101st … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2025
NSA Bahrain Integral to Middle East
MAY 15, 2025 – Vice Adm. Scott Gray, Commander, Navy Installations Command, and CNIC Force Master Chief Andre Brown visited Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, May 11. Their visit to NSA Bahrain included meeting with Vice Adm. George Wikoff, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and U.S 5th Fleet, observing the installation's air defense and counter unmanned aerial … [Read more...]
Air Force Removes Wings from Damaged F-35A
MAY 15, 2025 - In January 2022, a Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-35A aircraft experienced a bird strike that necessitated an emergency landing with the landing gear retracted. Following a joint assessment by the ROKAF and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), it was determined that the damage resulting from both the bird strike and the gear-up landing was extensive … [Read more...]
Indo-Pacom Commander Highlights Army’s Contribution
MAY 15, 2025 - Yesterday, during the 2025 Land Forces Pacific Symposium and Exposition in Honolulu, the U.S. military's senior leader in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility discussed ways the Army contributes to the joint force's overall mission throughout the region. Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said "fires" or weapons systems that … [Read more...]
Guard Aviation Partners with Coast Guard
MAY 15, 2025 – U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade crewed a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to assist the U.S. Coast Guard by transporting three buoys May 7 in the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. During the winter, buoys are often displaced and washed up on beaches inaccessible to Coast Guard boats. The Chinook can move … [Read more...]