AUGUST 18, 2025 — At the close of Exercise Talisman Sabre 25, the Indo-Pacific’s largest combined military exercise with over 40,000 service members, U.S. Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) began the mass retrograde from training areas across northern Australia. Aircraft, vehicles, and personnel returned to Darwin … [Read more...]
D.C. National Guardsman Stops Assault
AUGUST 18, 2025 – At the nation’s most visited landmarks, D.C. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Hector Amaya, a security forces officer with the 113th Squadron, was patrolling the National Mall with fellow Airmen when he witnessed a Park Police officer being assaulted while directing traffic on August 16, 2025. “The park police officer asked for our help, and I was the first … [Read more...]
America’s Rapid Response Force Deploys
AUGUST 18, 2025 - Sailors and Marines assigned to the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group – 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) departed for a regularly scheduled deployment, Aug. 14, 2025. The Amphibious Ready Group's primary mission is to conduct presence operations and safely embark Marines ashore to conduct a wide variety of contingency missions … [Read more...]
Army Reserve Soldiers Bring the Thunder
U.S. Army Reserve Pvt. Samantha Lawton, operates a mounted M240B machine gun on a HMMWV at Global Strike 2025 during the Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 5. The CSTX prepares Army Reserve units for deployment by providing realistic, externally evaluated, and collective training scenarios. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Philip … [Read more...]
Africom Gets New Leader
AUGUST 15, 2025 - U.S. Africa Command held a change of command ceremony Aug. 15, 2025, at Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany, as Marine Corps Gen. Michael E. Langley formally transferred command to Air Force Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson. Navy Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presided over the ceremony. In his remarks, Grady emphasized … [Read more...]