SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 - Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians worked in tandem with 17 allied nations during Northern Challenge 2025, a multinational counter-improvised explosive device exercise Sept. 9-18 across multiple training sites in Iceland. Hosted by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Northern Challenge is NATO's premier exercise for countering IEDs and strengthening … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2025
Space Force Renames ‘Front Door’
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 - Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman announced Space Systems Command’s Front Door initiative has been renamed the Space Force Front Door during his keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference Sept. 23. The rebranding underscores the initiative’s vital role in connecting industry partners with … [Read more...]
Georgia Guard Replaces Troops in DC
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 — Georgia National Guard Soldiers took over the Washington, D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission Sept. 19 from South Carolina National Guard troops who spent five weeks supporting local and federal agencies in the nation’s capital. The South Carolina National Guard’s 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Brigade completed its assignment supporting the Joint Task Force … [Read more...]
Navy Submarine Sucessfully Launches Trident Missles
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 - The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II D5LE missiles from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine off the east coast of Florida from September 17-21. One launch test event Sunday evening lit up the night sky and was visible from Puerto Rico. Flight tests are conducted on a … [Read more...]
Montana Guard Rescues 73-Year-Old Hiker
SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 – On the night of August 25-26, 2025, an MH-139A Grey Wolf, the Air Force’s newest helicopter, added a significant chapter to the 40th Helicopter Squadron’s operational history when they located and rendered aid to a lost hiker. The crew dedicated 8.2 hours over three sorties to locating and stabilizing a stranded hiker. “Today, a father, grandfather, … [Read more...]