JUNE 24, 2025 - Lifelong Chicago Cubs fan Sgt. 1st Class Robert Zalabak, who is the executive assistant for the command group at the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, was honored, June 12, 2025, at Wrigley Field during a Military Salute at a Chicago Cubs home game. Zalabak began his military service with the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating from Hinsdale Central High … [Read more...]
Alaska Guard Works to Contain Fires
176th Civil Engineer Squadron works with partners to support wildfire containment efforts June 21, 2025, at Bear Creek, Alaska. The Alaska National Guard activated volunteers to support containment efforts in the Interior. (Courtesy photo) JUNE 24, 2025 – Alaska National Guard service members were activated on June 20 to support local, state and federal efforts to … [Read more...]
U.S., Australia, and Japan Strengthen Ties
JUNE 24, 2025 - U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) arrived in Townsville to train alongside the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 25, a multi-lateral exercise held from May 25 through June 13, 2025 at the Townsville … [Read more...]
Soldiers Remove Old Huey From Mountaintop
JUNE 24, 2025 – Soldiers from the 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade air-lifted a decommissioned UH-1 “Huey” helicopter from the top of a mountain near Fort Indiantown Gap to the installation June 20. The Huey was placed on private property atop Blue Mountain in 2000 after the Pennsylvania Wing of the Civil Air Patrol … [Read more...]
Two ‘Originals’ Earn Soldier’s Medal
JUNE 24, 2025 — Two U.S. Army Soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Robert "Bobby" A. Haran and Staff Sgt. John C. Pinnock, both assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), were awarded the Soldier's Medal during a ceremony on Fort Carson, May 28, 2025. Both "Originals," as members of 10th Group are known, demonstrated uncommon valor in separate harrowing situations, ultimately … [Read more...]