AUGUST 4, 2016, MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania - Steel Knight Soldiers from the 51st Transportation Company rolled down European highways throughout the summer in powerful tank carriers -- officially known as Heavy Equipment Transporters -- on an ongoing mission in support of Atlantic Resolve -- South. The HET's primary function is to move tracked vehicles like … [Read more...]
2nd ANGLICO, HMH-461 Team Up for Troop Lift Training
AUGUST 4, 2016, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. - Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 supported 2nd Air Naval Gun Liaison Company by conducting a troop lift training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station New River, July 28, 2016. A troop lift consists of moving Marines from one location to the next to reinforce an area or conduct humanitarian missions. … [Read more...]
Repair Network Integration Helps Build a Better Repair Network
AUGUST 4, 2016, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - At the core of every maintenance action is a maintainer’s determination to keep the Air Force’s fleet of aircraft mission-ready. During periods where mission generation needs exceed local maintenance capabilities, backshops have historically relied on informal contacts and processes to increase capacity. Repair Network … [Read more...]
Gen. Joseph Lengyel becomes 28th National Guard Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2016 - Citizen-warriors and the entire National Guard family are vital to the security of the United States, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at the National Guard Bureau change-of-responsibility ceremony at the Pentagon today. The secretary also promoted Air National Guard Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel to general. Lengyel takes the National Guard Bureau … [Read more...]
Milestones Reached for Enlisted Women Who Serve Aboard a Submarine
AUGUST 3, 2016, PUGET SOUND, Wash. (NNS) - One of the first enlisted women to serve aboard a Navy submarine earned her submarine qualification, or "dolphins," on August 2nd and is preparing to deploy aboard USS Michigan (SSGN 727). Chief Culinary Specialist Dominique Saavedra, a native of Los Angeles, became the first female enlisted Sailor to earn her silver dolphins in a … [Read more...]