U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Patrick Ober, combat information center officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), speaks with members of the Philippine Coast Guard, assigned to Philippine Coast Guard Vessel Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702), while aboard the Waesche during a bilateral U.S.-Philippine search and rescue exercise in the South China Sea, July 16, 2024. The … [Read more...]
Civilian Guardians Participate in Aerospace Missions
JULY 18, 2024 - Two procurement experts from the Space Force are the first Guardian civilians to graduate from the demanding “Azimuth” aerospace missions training program for early career personnel. Mallory Avila and Aman Zemoy, both acquisition logistics management specialists with the Space Force’s Space Systems Command, graduated in June from the three-week training … [Read more...]
Navy Exonerates 256 Defendants from 1944 Courts-Martial
JULY 18, 2024 – The Secretary of the Navy announced on July 17 the full exoneration of the remaining 256 defendants of the 1944 Port Chicago general and summary courts-martial. The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, made the announcement on the 80th anniversary of an explosion that occurred at Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California. The explosion killed 320 … [Read more...]
Gaza Aid Pier Shuts Down
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) use a rope to stabilize humanitarian aid while it is lifted by a crane aboard the MV Roy P. Benavidez to support the Joint Logistics Over-the-shore (JLOTS) operation, in the Port of Ashdod, Israel, May 13, 2024. At the request of the United States Agency for International Development, the temporary … [Read more...]
Army Marks 55th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Mission
JULY 17, 2024 - July 20, 2024, marks the 55-year anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, humanity’s first steps on a surface beyond the Earth. Humanity’s mobility on the moon was made possible in part by testing at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG), which had occurred virtually since the inception of the American space program in the late 1950s. In 1966, the mobility … [Read more...]