NOVEMBER 19, 2025 - The low hum of small rotors over Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia, may sound routine, but within that hum lies a transformation. The 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, is not discarding helicopters it is augmenting them. Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook platforms remain indispensable to the force. What is evolving is how those … [Read more...]
Marines Airlift Relief to Hurricane-Hit Jamaica
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 - Joint Task Force Bravo, in concert with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, provided critical humanitarian assistance to Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa from Oct. 31 to Nov. 13. As part of the U.S. military response, nine aircraft were allocated to support the effort, including three CH-47 Chinooks and three UH-60 Black Hawks from the 1st … [Read more...]
Space Force Releases Vector 2025
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 - The service released the Space Force Vector 2025, a comprehensive document designed to provide Guardians with a unified reference that connects key guidance, initiatives and concepts shaping the Space Force. The document is not a plan or strategy; rather, it provides what Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman refers to as a “vector”— an outline … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Rescues 8 From Disabled Boat
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 — A Coast Guard Station Cortez boat crew rescued eight boaters, Saturday, after their 26-foot vessel became disabled, approximately 35 miles west of Venice. The boaters and vessel were brought back to a Venice Inlet boat ramp with no reported injuries. An Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew located the boaters aboard their disabled vessel in 2 … [Read more...]
Navy Commissions New USS Pierre (LCS 38)
NOVEMBER 18, 2025 - Independence-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), was commissioned, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. CST in Panama City, Florida. Pierre will be the 19th and final Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) and the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. The Honorable John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy, delivered the commissioning … [Read more...]