MARCH 10, 2025 - When a natural disaster or emergency occurs, communities often experience panic and uncertainty. Fourteen years ago, the Yokota community faced a similar situation during the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, followed by Operation Tomodachi in 2011. During this time, Department of Defense family members were given the option to leave Japan at … [Read more...]
Former West Point Golfers Compete for Gold
MARCH 10, 2025 - The United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, is designed as a crucible to test cadets and turn them into commissioned leaders of character prepared for a career of professional excellence in the U.S. Army. If those young cadets are competitive athletes on the West Point golf team, however, the dark and cold winter months at West Point can be … [Read more...]
X-37B Orbital Vehicle Concludes 434 Day Mission
MARCH 10, 2025 - The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), the U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Mar. 7, 2025 at 02:22 a.m. EST. The U.S. Space Force landed the X-37B at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California to exercise its rapid ability to launch and recover its systems across … [Read more...]
Air Force Tests New ICBM Rocket Motor
The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corporation conduct a full-scale qualification static fire test of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) stage-one solid rocket motor at Northrop Grumman's facility in Promontory, Utah, March 6, 2025. The Sentinel program is modernizing the land-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad, replacing the aging Minuteman III ICBM … [Read more...]
Quality Military Health Care Important to Readiness
Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Darin Selnick and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Steve Ferrara hold a town hall meeting for Department of Defense personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Maryland, March 7, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Spencer Perkins) MARCH … [Read more...]