APRIL 7, 2025 - As the Air Force Medical Command continues to modernize its medical capabilities, the focus remains on mobility, adaptability, and sustainability in patient care across operational environments. Recently, critical field testing was conducted at Fort Detrick, Maryland, by AFMEDCOM's capability development division. Within the division is A5T, its operational test … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Commissions Cutter John Witherspoon
The Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) crew displays signal flags during the cutter's commissioning ceremony at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, April 3, 2025. The commissioning marked the first of three fast response cutters scheduled to homeport in Alaska and was presided over by Rear Adm. Megan Dean, commander of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District. (U.S. Coast … [Read more...]
The Shot Heard Round the World
APRIL 7, 2025 – In the spring of 1775, the world order was in question. After decades of onerous taxation by the British, independent-minded American colonists sought to throw off the yoke of their cross-Atlantic governors and were prepared to do so at the point of the bayonet. Such were the tinderbox conditions on the fateful morning of April 19, when colonists from across … [Read more...]
U.S. Conducts Parachuting Exercise with France
U.S. and French military personnel prepare to board a French Casa CN 235 to participate in a joint jump exercise at Base Aérienne 188, Djibouti, March 18, 2025. The exercise included 83 parachute jumps and two equipment bundle drops, with participation from 16 U.S., French, and Djiboutian units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jana Somero) APRIL 7, 2025 - U.S. … [Read more...]
Navy Commissions USS Iowa (SSN 797)
APRIL 7, 2025 – The Navy commissioned its 24th Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, USS Iowa (SSN 797), in a traditional ceremony held April 5, at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. Christie Vilsack, Iowa’s sponsor and former First Lady of Iowa, gave the crew the traditional order to “man our ship and bring her to life,” after which Iowa’s sailors … [Read more...]