Imagery, video and stories highlighting the Defense Department's response to Hurricane Michael that is expected to make landfall on the west coast of Florida, Oct. 10, 2018. The Department of Defense is prepared to provide life-saving, search and rescue, logistical, and recovery support to any state that requests assistance. For more information on the DoD's support to the Hurricane Michael...
U.S. Army support to Hurricane Michael response in Southeast United States in October 2018.
Forager Fury II is a 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, led joint exercise designed to employ and assess combat power generation and sustainment in a deployed, austere and unimproved environment.
The Army's One Station Unit Training is being transformed at the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia. Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment is leading the transformation effort, which will take affect across all OSUT training companies in 2019.
The transformation includes changes to the program that are meant to increase Soldier readiness, making them more...
The Department of Defense is in support of U.S. Agency for International Development’s efforts to deliver critical relief supplies to earthquake-affected areas in Indonesia. The September 28 earthquake and tsunami followed a series of powerful earthquakes that hit Indonesia’s Lombok and Sumbawa Islands in July and August. These tremors damaged 85,000 houses and displaced 435,000 people....
The future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. is the first ship named in honor of Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen Jr., the first African-American Marine Corps aviator and the first African-American Marine Corps officer promoted to brigadier general. When he retired in 1988 after 38 years of service, he was, by date of designation, the senior-ranking aviator in the Marine Corps and the United...
The Invictus Games, established by Prince Harry in 2014, brings together wounded and injured veterans from 17 nations for 12 adaptive sporting events, including track and field, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, swimming, sitting volleyball, and golf. This year's games are in Sydney, Australia.
African Air Chiefs Symposium 2018 will be held in Marrakech, Morocco from Oct 22 - 23. The purpose of the symposium is to create a forum for air chiefs from across the African continent to come together to address regional and continental issues, enhance relationships and increase cooperation. This year’s theme is Air Security Across Africa.
