JUNE 7, 2024 - Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-ninth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated … [Read more...]
Del Toro Travels to Normandy; Participates in 80th Anniversary of D-Day
JUNE 7, 2024 – Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro observed the 80th commemoration of Operation Overlord and the Allied landings in Normandy at the Normandy American Cemetery and spoke at Monument Fédéral à Utah Beach, June 6, 2024. Secretary Del Toro attended the ceremony alongside dignitaries including President of the United States Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd … [Read more...]
Naval Group Commemorates D-Day’s 80th Anniversary
JUNE 7, 2024 - Eighty years ago today, June 6, 1944, 132,500 Allied forces stormed ashore on France’s Normandy coast to begin the final liberation of Europe from Nazi rule. It was the biggest amphibious operation the world has ever seen. Nearly 12,000 Allied aircraft and 7,000 ships landed 132,000 troops on the beaches or by parachute behind German lines. By the end of … [Read more...]
D-Day Squadron Travels Over 3,000 Miles
JUNE 7, 2024 — On May 15, five WWII era transport planes landed at Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford, Connecticut. The aircraft, part of the D-Day Squadron’s 2024 Legacy Tour, consolidated at the airport then departed for Europe to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, the first step in the Allied liberation of Western Europe, and the 75th … [Read more...]
Democracies Must Uphold Spirit of D-Day
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin gives a speech during the D-Day 80 ceremony. Austin gave thanks to veterans and honored several who made the journey back to Normandy. This event was one of several commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day operations conducted by Allied forces on June 6, 1944. The ceremony, held at the Normandy American Cemetery, was attended … [Read more...]