JUNE 14, 2017, BAGHDAD, Iraq - Air transportation specialists assigned to the 370th Air Expeditionary Air Advisory Group began recovering more than $2.1 million in U.S. Air Force aerial port assets from Iraqi air force counterparts. Aerial porters at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center have recovered more than 1,500 aircraft pallets and 1,600 cargo nets to date, which were … [Read more...]
Marines Modernize Emergency Response with Implementation of Consolidated Emergency Response System
JUNE 14, 2017, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. - Marine Corps bases worldwide are gaining increased emergency response capabilities with the implementation of the Consolidated Emergency Response System, or CERS. CERS standardizes emergency dispatching capabilities and provides emergency first responders with enhanced command and coordination to support all hazardous response … [Read more...]
South Dakota National Guard’s Participants Experience River Crossing During 2017 Golden Coyote
JUNE 13, 2017, CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. - Military units participating in the South Dakota National Guard's 33rd annual Golden Coyote training exercise experienced a river crossing operation on the Missouri River near Chamberlain, June 10-11 The river crossing signals the start of the two-week exercise hosted every June in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where units traveling from … [Read more...]
Mattis Asks Congress for Stable Budgets, End to Sequestration During Budget Hearing on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017 - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis today launched a full-throated attack on looming across-the-board spending cuts during a budget hearing on Capitol Hill, saying "no enemy in the field has done more to harm the combat readiness of our military than sequestration." The sequestration provision of the Budget Control Act of 2011 imposes across-the-board … [Read more...]
A Welder, Cannoneer and a Marine
June 13, 2017, Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. - With 13 years of experience as an artillery Marine, Staff Sgt. Travis J. Zurick calmly observes as his Marines shoot 24,000 pound rockets at targets 40 kilometers away in the windy and desolate terrain of Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. “The artillery shapes the battlefield,” said Zurick, a Marine with a field sunburn and uniform … [Read more...]