SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 - Guardian, the Navy’s new UAS detect-and-avoidance system, will make unmanned training safer and more efficient at its first-ever operational squadron, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2, after its August 2024 installation at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina. Engineers from the Naval Air Warfare Center … [Read more...]
Marine Awarded Medal for Valor
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 – U.S. Marine Corps Staff. Sgt. Brett D. Meil was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his heroic actions during a ceremony hosted by School of Infantry – West at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sep. 24, 2024. Staff Sgt. Brett Meil, a native of Texas, received the Department of the Navy’s highest non-combat award for exceptional … [Read more...]
Kids Get to Tour Black Hawk Helicopter
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 – Several residents from a local children’s home made their first visit here Monday to interact with Soldiers and see a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter up close. Soldiers invited nearly a dozen children, ages 4 to 12, from Central Children’s Home in Sagamihara City to the installation as part of the U.S. Army’s ongoing partnership with the home. The initial … [Read more...]
Pacific Partnership Increases Humanitarian Assistance
KOSRAE, Federated States of Micronesia (Sept. 23, 2024) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Brent DeVore, commander, Joint Region Marianas, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas, speaks at the closing ceremony of Pacific Partnership 2024-2 in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, Sept. 23, 2024. Now in its 20th iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the U.S. NavyÕs largest annual … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Hosts International Officers
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024 — The U.S. Coast Guard's International Maritime Officer School is hosting the 72nd International Maritime Officer Course in Yorktown, Virginia. Twenty-seven students from 23 countries are attending the 12-week course, which aims to teach them how the USCG operates and to provide insight into the history and culture of the United States. “It’s really … [Read more...]