DECEMBER 30, 2025 - On a chilly December day in 2025, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Zachary Metz, a platoon sergeant with the 289th Engineering Vertical Construction Company, conducts a presence patrol near the Smithsonian Metro station in Washington, D.C. He patrols alongside U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Richard Kramer, a security forces Airman with the 172nd Airlift Wing. Both are … [Read more...]
Navy Tests New Digital Health System
DECEMBER 30, 2025 – Navy Medicine conducted its first pilot test of the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform (OpMed CDP) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) to bring modern, seamless patient care to service members aboard ships, Dec. 1-12. The Joint Operational Medicine Information System (JOMIS), under the Program Executive Office for Defense … [Read more...]
Advancing Defense Capabilities with Unmanned Systems
DECEMBER 30, 2025 - Our Nation’s warfighters encounter many known and unknown hazards on the modern battlefield including chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats. Hand-held detection and identification capabilities enhance situational awareness and enable early warning and mitigation, but they can also be time intensive and physiologically burdensome. … [Read more...]
Firefighters Train for Real-World Operations
DECEMBER 30, 2025 - Firefighters at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, recently completed an intensive training course focused on rapid intervention, advanced search techniques and fire ground survival skills tailored to the unique mission environment at one of the Air Force's largest installations. The training centered on a 10-day orientation course designed specifically for … [Read more...]
Medal of Honor Monday: Nash
DECEMBER 29, 2025 - Army Pfc. David Paul Nash had only been in the military for about eight months when he gave his life in Vietnam so his fellow soldiers could live. Nash's devotion to the mission and his comrades led him to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor. Nash, who was known throughout his life as Paulie, was born Nov. 3, 1947, in Whitesville, Kentucky, to Ishmael and … [Read more...]