OCTOBER 7, 2025 – Nearly 120 Arkansas National Guardsmen and four UH-72 Lakota aircraft from 1st Battalion,114th Security and Support Aviation Regiment, 77th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, departed Oct. 5 for a 13-month Title 10 federal active duty deployment to the nation’s southern border in Texas to support U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Mobilized Arkansas … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Rescues 2 from Capsized Boat
OCTOBER 6, 2025 —A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen Jayhawk helicopter aircrew rescued two people, Saturday, from the water off Shacks Beach, Puerto Rico. Reportedly, after their boat capsized due to weather, the survivors saw three people make it to the beach in good health, one person was recovered unconscious and unresponsive in the surf, and one person did not … [Read more...]
Newest Icebreaker Completes Inaugural Patrol
OCTOBER 6, 2025 — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the service’s newest commissioned icebreaker, arrived in Seattle Friday after completing its 112-day inaugural patrol. Storis departed Pascagoula, Mississippi, June 1, transited the Panama Canal and the Pacific Ocean enroute to conduct its first Arctic patrol operating north of the Bering Strait to control, … [Read more...]
Transformation is Top Topic at Town Hall
OCTOBER 5, 2025 - Agency senior leaders addressed the current state of the Defense Logistics Agency and its way ahead through transformation at a global town hall Oct. 1. DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, DLA Vice Director Brad Bunn and Senior Enlisted Leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Petra Casarez took to the stage at the McNamara Headquarters Complex auditorium to kick … [Read more...]
Exchange Unleashes Halloween Pet Photo Contest
OCTOBER 5, 2025 – It’s howl-o-ween season, and the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is on the prowl for military community’s best-dressed furry, feathered or scaly friends with the Halloween Pet Costume Photo Contest (https://flic.kr/p/2rwPeic). From Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, authorized Exchange shoppers 18 years or older worldwide can submit a photo of their pets in … [Read more...]