AUGUST 29, 2025 — Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 176th Wing rescued three rafters Aug. 28, after their raft flipped over on the Kichatna River. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened the mission in response to a request for assistance from the Alaska State Troopers. The 176th Wing accepted the mission and flew approximately 100 miles northwest of Joint Base … [Read more...]
U.S. Army Helps Poland’s Apache Helicopter Program
AUGUST 29, 2025 – V Corps and Poland’s 1st Aviation Brigade conducted their third Polish Apache Initiative Summit Aug. 27-29 at Poland’s Air Force Training Center near Ustka, Poland, and Drawsko Combat Training Center near Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland. Since 2024, Poland and U.S. Army aviators have worked together to establish Poland’s Apache aviation program through a series … [Read more...]
Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Working on DoD Cloud
AUGUST 29, 2025 - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon has halted a decade-old Microsoft program that has allowed Chinese coders, remotely supervised by U.S. contractors, to work on sensitive DOD cloud systems. In a digital video address to the public posted yesterday, the secretary said DOD was made aware of the "digital escorts" program last month and that the … [Read more...]
Hegseth Calls for Anti-Drone Task Force
AUGUST 29, 2025 - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he has directed Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll to formally establish a joint, interagency task force to counter hostile unmanned aerial systems, commonly referred to as drones. "Our job here at the Pentagon — when you think about it — is to prepare for the threats of the future and build a force to match … [Read more...]
Marines Support Special Operations Osprey Launch
AUGUST 28, 2025 - Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island demonstrated its strategic value Aug. 25 by enabling the launch of CV-22 Ospreys assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, underscoring the role of maritime prepositioning infrastructure in sustaining global readiness. The aircraft were offloaded from contracted sealift at Dames Point Marine Terminal in … [Read more...]