MARCH 5, 2025 - Alaska Army National Guard aviators assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 211th General Support Aviation Battalion, landed an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter on the platform of an Alaska Railroad rail car staged on a bridge above the Chena River near Fairbanks. The two-wheel touchdown on a rail car was the culminating training event of exercise Special … [Read more...]
Additional Troops to Enhance Border Security
MARCH 5, 2025 — Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command, additional active-duty military members will soon deploy to enhance Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection efforts to maintain security at the southern border. Approximately 2,400 Soldiers from elements of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 4th Infantry Division, from Fort … [Read more...]
DOGE Finds $80 Million in Wasteful Spending at DoD
MARCH 5, 2025 - A quick review of some of the initial findings within the Defense Department by the Department of Government Efficiency reveals some $80 million in funds wasted on programs that do not support DOD's core mission. In a social media video posted yesterday evening, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell read off a few of the initial findings from DOGE, which … [Read more...]
Air Force Aims to Instill Warrior Ethos
MARCH 5, 2025 - The Air Force is making progress toward the defense secretary's priorities, which will ultimately result in giving the president more options, said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin, who provided a keynote address yesterday at the 2025 Air and Space Forces Association's Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado. Allvin mentioned those priorities — … [Read more...]
Army Test Track Tests for Military and Private Industry
MARCH 4, 2025 - U.S. Army Arctic Regions Test Center (ARTC) is the Department of Defense’s lone extreme cold test facility. Tasked with testing virtually everything in the ground combat arsenal in a natural environment where winter lows drop far below zero, ARTC testers are masters of arctic test and evaluation. Among other platforms, the test center, located at Fort … [Read more...]