U.S. Army Spc. Jazmyne Wanger, a combat medic specialist with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania National Guard, continues tending to a simulated wounded soldier while an HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter draws near the pickup site during an air medevac exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Oct. 11, 2024. U.S. Army medics … [Read more...]
DoD Announces Full-day Prekindergarten in 80 Schools
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is pleased to announce the official start of its full-day prekindergarten (PK) programs in 80 DoDEA elementary schools on Sept. 3. As of Sept. 30, DoDEA has enrolled approximately 4,000 students in the PK program across its schools. This significant enrollment reflects the military community’s growing … [Read more...]
Continued Success in Global Counterterrorism
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III today highlighted three lessons that he views as key to ongoing success against global terrorism while speaking at NATO's Ministerial of the force contributing members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, or D-ISIS, in Brussels. "We meet here today to salute [and] reflect on the tremendous sacrifices of this … [Read more...]
F-35B Successfully Lands on USS Tripoli
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 deployed with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the Essex Amphibious Ready Group in 2018, marking the first combat deployment of the F-35B Lightning II. This deployment demonstrated the effectiveness of amphibious forces when the Marine Corps’ fifth generation fighter capabilities were integrated aboard the Navy’s … [Read more...]
Keeping the Blue Angels Soaring
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - Airmen from the 56th Air Refueling Squadron operated multiple KC-46 Pegasus aircraft to refuel the U.S. Navy Blue Angels' F/A-18 Super Hornets mid-flight, highlighting their technical capabilities in the skies of Texoma, Oct. 14, 2024. Nineteen of The University of Oklahoma Naval ROTC midshipmen joined the 97th Air Mobility Wing Airmen to experience an … [Read more...]