MAY 20, 2024 — The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary celebrate National Safe Boating Week, May 18 through May 24, and urge mariners and beachgoers to be safe this Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day weekend is considered by many as the unofficial start to the recreational boating season. As boaters take to the water, there is an increased likelihood for search and rescue … [Read more...]
Navy Awards Unit Commendation to USS Carney
MAY 20, 2024 - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro awarded a Navy Unit Commendation (NUC) to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) for “outstanding performance against terrorist forces during their nearly eight-month deployment.” Secretary Del Toro presented the NUC to Carney’s crew when they returned to Naval Station Mayport, Fla., May 19, … [Read more...]
Busting Drones On the Modern-Day Battlefield in Europe
MAY 20, 2024 – Picking up the Dronebuster, Spc. Edgar Galvan peers out into the open field waiting for the instructors to fly a practice drone. His eyes are locked onto the horizon and his hand is steady on the trigger. The drone quickly picks up into the sky, and it darts towards Galvan. He points, shoots, and the drone stalls. The Dronebuster is a handheld, non-kinetic … [Read more...]
U.S. to Withdrawal From Niger By Sept. 15
MAY 20, 2024 - Niger and the United States have reached an agreement on the withdrawal of American troops from the West African country, a process that has already begun and will be finished by Sept. 15, they said in a joint statement. Representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Niger met from May 15 to 19, 2024, … [Read more...]
Dominance in Electromagnetic Spectrum is Not Optional
MAY 20, 2024 - The Crows of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing welcomed the Air Combat Command leadership team and their spouses to Eglin Air Force Base, recently, where they saw firsthand the wing’s role in providing joint and coalition partners with electromagnetic warfare capabilities needed to dominate the spectrum. The wing, activated in 2021, has its origins in the 53rd … [Read more...]