Service members operate a no-cost healthcare clinic as part of Innovative Readiness Training mission IRT Hoosier Care at the Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club in Terre Haute, Ind., June 9, 2023. IRT Hoosier Care is a Department of Defense-led partnership with local organizations that provides no-cost services to the community while providing real-world training to service … [Read more...]
Fort Johnson Renaming Ceremony Hits Home for Jersey Guard
JUNE 20, 2023 – More than a century ago, as many as 150,000 New Jerseyans raised their right hands and served in the Great War. Just one stood watch with Sgt. William Henry Johnson, namesake of Fort Johnson, Louisiana, which was re-designated in a ceremony here June 13, 2023. In the early hours of May 15, 1918, Johnson of Albany, New York, and Pvt. Needham Roberts of … [Read more...]
MQ-Reaper Completes ACE Movement in Europe
A 147th Attack Wing member marshals an MQ-9 Reaper June 13, 2023, at Ostrava Airport, Czech Republic. Exercise Air Defender 2023 integrates both U.S. and allied air-power to defend shared values, while leveraging and strengthening vital partnerships to deter aggression around the world. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by 1st LT Daniel Martinez) JUNE 20, 2023 - The Texas … [Read more...]
National Guard Conducts Tank Gunnery with Royal Moroccan Army
JUNE 20, 2023 — More than two dozen Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team’s 3-116th Combined Arms Battalion conducted tank gunnery training with members of the Royal Moroccan Army in the Tan Tan Training Area, June 8-10, during Exercise African Lion 2023. The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, … [Read more...]
Cyber Yankee Prepares Military, Business for Cyber Threats
JUNE 9, 2023 - In the face of rising cyber threats, the Department of Defense has increased its efforts to recruit and build cyber capabilities. According to the 2023 DOD Cyber Strategy, the military has four main lines of effort in cyberspace: defend the nation, prepare to fight and win the nation’s wars, protect the cyber domain with allies and partners, and build enduring … [Read more...]