FORT CARSON, COLO.-- Spc. Maura Spence, a Katy, Texas native and an intelligence analyst with 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, won first place in the Miss Colorado 2021 pageant, June 8, 2021.
Now known as Spc. Colorado by her unit’s executive officer, Spence is scheduled to attend the Miss America 2022 pageant in December 2021 at Mohegan Sun, Connecticut....
Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Self-Defense Force that strengthens the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Resolute Dragon focuses on enhancing bilateral command and control, multi-domain maneuver, and fires and effects in a geographically distributed environment. Bilateral exercises like Resolute Dragon demonstrate the...
Operation Lone Star, or OLS, is a Texas state active duty mission, which was launched by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in March 2021. OLS is a joint mission between the Texas Military Department, which is comprised of the Texas National Guard (Army and Air) and the Texas State Guard, and the Texas Department of Public Safety, and other state agencies, to address security concerns along the...
Forty-one new USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) chief petty officers were pinned during a ceremony held at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Newport News, Virginia, Nov. 19, 2021.
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, hosts a three-nation USO Tour over Thanksgiving to thank troops from all services and components serving overseas through the holiday season.
Elements of the 7th Infantry Division will conduct training with elements from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force at Yakima Training Center, Wash., from December 1 – 17, 2021 as part of Exercise Rising Thunder ‘21, an annual, bilateral combined exercise between the U.S. Army and JGSDF designed to increase interoperability and build combat capability between the two allies.
The Regional Health Command-Atlantic held its 2021 Best Medic Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Nov. 15-19, 2021. Teams competed to represent the region at the U.S. Army Medical Command's 2022 Command Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Clark, Jr. U.S. Army Best Medic Competition at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 24-28, 2022.
On Nov. 4, 2021, in conjunction with exercise Bold Quest 21.2, a demonstration was conducted of the Secret and Below Releasable Environment (SABRE), the CENTCOM Partner Environment (CPE), and the expeditionary capabilities of the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE).
