JANUARY 15, 2025 - The Idaho National Guard deployed 10 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and more than 80 Soldiers to Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Jan. 10-11 on a year-long mission to support the Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan in the National Capital Region. Soldiers from the Idaho National Guard’s Company B, 1-183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, bid farewell to family and friends … [Read more...]
The Air Force, Space Force of 2050
JANUARY 15, 2025 - Only days before his tenure as secretary of the Department of the Air Force comes to an end, Frank Kendall offered a vision Jan. 13 for the security challenges the Air Force and Space Force could face in 2050 and what is needed to properly respond. The perspective was laid out in a formal report entitled, “The Department of the Air Force In 2050,” and is … [Read more...]
Advancing National Security Efforts
JANUARY 15, 2025 - Over the past three years, the Defense Innovation Board has been a powerful advisory resource to advance innovation within the Defense Department, and to provide the secretary and deputy secretaries of defense with independent, practical, and actionable advice and recommendations about how to make use of that innovation. "The Defense Innovation Board has … [Read more...]
Navy Getting Two New Aircraft Carriers
JANUARY 14, 2025 – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the names of two future Gerald R. Ford-class of aircraft carriers as the future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83). The future USS William J. Clinton honors President William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America, serving two terms from 1993 to … [Read more...]
Pacific Marines Plan for Future Engagements
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mark F. Schaefer, left, commanding officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and Royal Thai Marine Corps Rear Adm. Nirat Tagoodruar, deputy commanding officer, pose for a photo following an in-brief during the USMC-RTMC Future Engagement Planning Conference in Sattahip, Thailand, Dec. 11, 2024. These discussions … [Read more...]