OCTOBER 7, 2025 – Task Force Beautification, a D.C. National Guard initiative, has completed its 100th project, revitalizing a recreation center in Ward 7, officials said. The initiative aims to improve public safety and empower communities by addressing the root causes of crime. Task Force Beautification focuses on factors contributing to crime, such as food insecurity, … [Read more...]
Sailors Gather to Celebrate 250 Years at-Sea
OCTOBER 7, 2025 – Thousands of Sailors gathered at Naval Station Norfolk as part of America’s Navy 250 “Titans of the Sea” all-hands call celebration. Surrounded by the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) on Pier 14, Sailors, veterans, and their families joined together for a … [Read more...]
Arkansas Guardsmen Deploy to Southern Border
OCTOBER 7, 2025 – Nearly 120 Arkansas National Guardsmen and four UH-72 Lakota aircraft from 1st Battalion,114th Security and Support Aviation Regiment, 77th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, departed Oct. 5 for a 13-month Title 10 federal active duty deployment to the nation’s southern border in Texas to support U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Mobilized Arkansas … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Rescues 2 from Capsized Boat
OCTOBER 6, 2025 —A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescued two people, Saturday, from the water off Shacks Beach, Puerto Rico. Reportedly, after their boat capsized due to weather, the survivors saw three people make it to the beach in good health, one person was recovered unconscious and unresponsive in the surf, and one person did not … [Read more...]
Newest Icebreaker Completes Inaugural Patrol
OCTOBER 6, 2025 — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the service’s newest commissioned icebreaker, arrived in Seattle Friday after completing its 112-day inaugural patrol. Storis departed Pascagoula, Mississippi, June 1, transited the Panama Canal and the Pacific Ocean enroute to conduct its first Arctic patrol operating north of the Bering Strait to control, … [Read more...]