AUGUST 21, 2024 - Public health, safety, and industrial hygiene experts from across the Department of Defense gathered in July to review the latest DOD and service research and approaches focused on understanding the full lifecycle of service member exposure to blast overpressure, or BOP, and injury. This fourth annual Department of Defense Blast Summit, hosted by Defense … [Read more...]
National Guard Bureau’s New Acting Chief
AUGUST 21, 2024 - Army Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Stubbs, acting chief of the National Guard Bureau, today said he is intent on maintaining stability in that branch of service until a successor to the previous chief is confirmed by Congress. Speaking remotely to the 53rd annual conference of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States, Stubbs likened his … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Seizes 1,115 Pounds of Cocaine
AUGUST 21, 2024 – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier offloaded more than 1,115 pounds of cocaine with an assessed street value of approximately $14.7 million in San Juan, Thursday. A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment deployed aboard a British Royal Navy ship, working alongside interagency and international partners, interdicted the illegal drugs in the … [Read more...]
School Liaisons Support Military Families
AUGUST 21, 2024 – The U.S. Marine Corps’ School Liaison Program supports military families as they experience major life events like moving to new duty stations, deployments, or family separation. “We help ensure that when they’re transitioning, from all over around the world, that their children are not at a disadvantage just because they have to move an average of six to … [Read more...]
DOD, UDCG Look for Ways to Expedite Ukraine Support
Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 20, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders) AUGUST 21, 2024 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III today spoke with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to discuss ongoing war efforts in Ukraine and details of the next … [Read more...]