DECEMBER 1, 2025 – The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), currently deployed in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, arrived in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for a scheduled port visit, Dec. 1, 2025. Gerald R. Ford’s visit to St. Thomas is the first port visit since entering U.S. Southern Command in support of Operation Southern … [Read more...]
Jack Daniel’s Supports Military Families This Holiday Season
DECEMBER 1, 2025 – This holiday season, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey is spreading cheer while supporting the nation’s military community through its annual “Barrel Tree” sale, which helps junior-enlisted service members and their families travel home for the holidays. Barrels from each of 12 Jack Daniel’s “Barrel Trees” currently on display across the country are now … [Read more...]
Army Tests Translation Tech
DECEMBER 1, 2025 — As U.S. Army medical professionals concluded a week-long knowledge exchange with the Angolan Military Health Division, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) medical and public affairs personnel conducted a parallel test of emerging technology designed to bridge language gaps during multinational engagements, Sept. 20-27. While the … [Read more...]
U.S. Locates and Destroys ISIS Weapons Caches
DECEMBER 1, 2025 – Forces from U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) and the Syrian Ministry of Interior located and destroyed more than 15 sites containing ISIS weapons caches in southern Syria, Nov. 24-27. U.S. military personnel from Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolved (CJTF-OIR) worked with Syrian forces in identifying and eliminating the ISIS weapons storage … [Read more...]
Fort Benning Dedicates Statue to Col. Ralph Puckett Jr.
DECEMBER 1, 2025 — A life-size statue of the late Col. Ralph Puckett Jr. was unveiled during a ceremony at Fort Benning Nov. 25, 2025. The seven-foot-tall, bronze statue on Hurley Hill, overlooking Victory Pond, depicts him in Army duty uniform rendering a salute. This depiction was not chosen at random, and neither was the statue’s location. Retired Col. Robert Choppa, … [Read more...]