JUNE 6, 2024 - The Defense Department is projecting an almost one-third reduction in overall cost for its temporary humanitarian aid pier mission in Gaza, the Pentagon announced today. Though DOD originally estimated U.S. Central Command's Joint Logistics, Over-the-Shore capability to cost $320 million when the mission was first announced in early March, that figure is now … [Read more...]
Air Force Commander Represents U.S. at Portugal’s Beja Airshow
JUNE 6, 2024 – Maj. Gen. Paul D. Moga, Third Air Force commander, represented United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa as the highest-ranking U.S. Department of Defense official at the Beja International Airshow on June 2, 2024. “We extend our deepest gratitude to Portugal for the invitation to participate in and attend the Beja Airshow,” said Moga. “This … [Read more...]
Atlas V Starliner CFT Launches Astronauts
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, June 5, 2024. This Crew Flight Test mission launched NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams to the International Space Station and was ULA's first human … [Read more...]
National Guard Units Played Key Role in D-Day Landings
The build-up of Omaha Beach. Reinforcements of men and equipment moving inland. Photo courtesy of Center of Military History. JUNE 6, 2024 – Their waterlogged footsteps were historic. That thought, however, most likely wasn’t on the Soldiers minds as they stepped ashore from rocking landing craft onto the French coast. Instead, the focus, for most Soldiers of 1st … [Read more...]
80th Anniversary of D-Day: ‘On to Paris’
JUNE 6, 2024 - Eighty years ago, on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day during World War II, a 4-page special edition of The Real McCoy newspaper was passed around then Camp McCoy highlighting the start of the Normandy invasion in France — “EXTRA!! … ON TO PARIS CRY YANKS! … 4,000 ships, 11,000 planes in drive” decreed the top headline of the paper. That same lead article went … [Read more...]