OCTOBER 1, 2024 - The Air Force is preparing for its first Air Task Force training events at Combat Support Training Range sites in November. The events will give Airmen from ATF Combat Air Base Squadrons, or CABS, an opportunity to train as a team and demonstrate the CSTR sites’ ability to host combat support training, said Col. Ross Dotzlaf, Air Force Installation and … [Read more...]
NATO Forces Maintain Abrams Tanks in Poland
OCTOBER 1, 2024 – After nine weeks of intensive maintenance training on the M1A2 SEPV3 Abrams main battle tank – both in the classroom and hands-on – 25 servicemembers of the Polish Provided Logistics Services assigned to the 33rd Air Base were recognized and presented graduation certificates Sept. 27 at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite. Under the watchful and … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Guard Deploys More Than 300 Soldiers
More than 300 Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers board charter flights Sept. 28 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Camp Douglas, Wis., following a formal sendoff ceremony. The Soldiers, who are a part of the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, the 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, the 132nd Brigade Support Battalion and the 457th Chemical Company, will … [Read more...]
DoD Preparing for War in the Middle East
OCTOBER 1, 2024 - The Defense Department has taken steps to further enhance the defense posture of U.S. forces throughout the Middle East region to deter aggression and mitigate the risk of a broader regional conflict, the Pentagon announced over the weekend. The announcement comes as tensions in the region have heightened following Israel's targeted assassination of terror … [Read more...]
Marines Celebrate Service in Florida
OCTOBER 1, 2024 - With news of high retention numbers circling the Marine Corps, gold and black balloons surrounded a “we appreciate you” banner on the command quarterdeck Sept. 30 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Florida. A week after news broke of historic end of fiscal year retention numbers, along an expansive space packed with cubicles, maps, plaques … [Read more...]