JANUARY 28, 2025 - The U.S. Army Garrison Presidio of Monterey Employment Readiness Program helps Monterey area military dependents secure a job opportunity while they are stationed in the area. Finding employment can be a significant challenge for military spouses and dependents due to the unique demands of military life. Frequent relocations, sometimes with little notice, … [Read more...]
Air Force Continues Honoring Tuskegee Airmen at BMT
JANUARY 28, 2025 - Allow me to clearly dispel a rumor – while we are currently reviewing all training courses to ensure compliance with the Executive Orders, no curriculum or content highlighting the honor and valor of the Tuskegee Airmen or Women Air Force Service Pilots has been removed from Basic Military Training. The historic legacy and decorated valor these Airmen … [Read more...]
Hegseth Arrives at Pentagon, Says Warfighters Are ‘Ready to Go’
JANUARY 28, 2025 - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at the Pentagon yesterday and said improving lethality, warfighting and readiness are the main lines of effort he will pursue while in office. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greeted Hegseth as he arrived at the Pentagon. The defense secretary spoke to about 30 members of the press … [Read more...]
Medal of Honor Monday: Murphy
JANUARY 27, 2025 - Army Maj. Audie Leon Murphy is a World War II legend whose name is still easily recognizable today. Murphy was a movie actor, a country-western songwriter and a poet, but it was his wartime heroics and the Medal of Honor he received for them that first made him a household name. Murphy was born June 20, 1924, on a sharecropper farm near Kingston, Texas. He … [Read more...]
Marines Get Low-Altitude Air Defense
JANUARY 27, 2025 – U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conducted a counter unmanned aerial system live-fire training event utilizing the Marine Air Defense Integrated System – a ground-based air defense capability, on January 25, 2025, to commemorate the addition of the MADIS and the months of operational testing and evaluation required to field … [Read more...]