APRIL 2, 2025 - The Brigade of Midshipmen greeted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with thunderous applause upon his arrival to King Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy yesterday afternoon to kick off the defense secretary's first visit to the academy since his confirmation in January. Hegseth shook hands with the future officers, before stepping to the podium at the dining hall's … [Read more...]
Sustaining F-35 Stealth
APRIL 2, 2025 - The F-35’s advanced capabilities don’t begin in the air, they begin on the ground. Beneath the sleek lines of the F-35A Lightning II. Airmen move with careful precision, sealing seams and smoothing surfaces to restore one of the aircraft’s most powerful features, its stealth. Airmen from the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron low observable flight work to … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Repatriates 99 Aliens to Haiti
APRIL 2, 2025 – Coast Guard Cutter Seneca's crew repatriated 99 aliens to Haiti, Tuesday, following a maritime interdiction approximately 35 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti. A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew notified Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders, Thursday, of an approximate 35-foot overloaded vessel transiting north toward the … [Read more...]
Identifying Unknown Service Members
APRIL 2, 2025 - “Here rests in honored glory, a comrade in arms known but to God.” A number of white marble headstones for unknown service members at American Battle Monuments Commission sites now sit over empty graves thanks to efforts by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to identify those formerly interred there. So far in 2025, 70 disinterments have been conducted … [Read more...]
Guardsman Awarded Medal of Valor for Heroic Rescue
APRIL 2, 2025 – U.S. Army Sergeant Anthony P. Amick, 59th Troop Command, South Carolina Army National Guard was awarded the Medal of Valor today, the state’s highest military honor, for his extraordinary bravery and selfless actions during a devastating multi-car accident on July 1st, 2021. The award recognizes Sergeant Amick’s quick thinking and courageous response in … [Read more...]