FEBRUARY 5, 2025 - Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 handed over responsibility for Operation Prosperity Guardian, the presence and information-sharing mission to counter unlawful Houthi attacks on maritime shipping in the Red Sea region, to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 50, Feb. 1. DESRON 50, the surface warfare task force under U.S. Naval Forces … [Read more...]
Black Hawks Get Improved Turbine Engines
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 - The United States Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) team reached a major milestone in their mission to amplify the performance and capabilities of the Army’s helicopter fleet. On January 25, the ITEP team began ground run testing of a UH-60M Black Hawk equipped with cutting-edge GE Aerospace (GE) T901-GE-900 (T901) Improved Turbine Engines. A … [Read more...]
During WWII, Four Chaplains Gave Their Lives
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 — During the height of World War II, more than 900 service members, civilians and crew aboard the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester sailed through the North Atlantic for Greenland. When the ship departed St. John's, Newfoundland, Jan. 29, 1943, everyone on board knew there was a risk of being torpedoed and possibly sunk by the German submarines patrolling the … [Read more...]
Medically and Mission Ready
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 - In 1917, the Army Sanitary Corps was created to combat infectious diseases during WWI. Evolving from the Army Sanitary Corps in 1949, the Air Force Medical Service was born. After nearly 20 years of expansion and reorganization of the AFMS, Special Order GA-5 was signed by General Curtis Lemay, which established the BSC on January 28, 1965. Since its … [Read more...]
Navy Supports Migrant Operations at Guantanamo
250131-N-SK336-1113 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 31, 2025) - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19) sits moored at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) with the ship’s crew supporting the expansion of the base’s Migrant Operations Center as part of Operation Southern Guard. January 31, 2025. At the direction of the President of the United States to … [Read more...]