Between 30,000 and 40,000 Boy Scouts from around the world will be here in Beckley, WV starting Sunday and will start scouting activity Monday. This event only takes place every four years.
As stated by law, the DoD supports this event with aviation, medical, logistics and support assets. We will have roughly 1,300 DoD members here in WV monitoring and communicating with the Boy Scouts...
The Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition is the culminating event to determine who will represent the Guard as the top noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier at the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition this fall. Fourteen competitors from around the nation will represent the best of more than 300,000 men and women serving as America's Citizen Soldiers across...
The 606th Air Control Squadron attached to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany,
departed for Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to
provide air defense of the Arabian Gulf for the next several months. These
are their stories through training, out-processing and leaving loved ones behind
in support of the Air Force mission downrange.
The 606th is a self-sustaining squadron...
This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War (June 25, 1950 - July
27, 1953). We thank and honor all Korean War veterans for their service and
sacrifice. Through the United Nations Command, the international community
answered the call to defend freedom, and its sacrifice will not be
forgotten. The Republic of Korea has become a beacon of freedom and
prosperity in the region,...
RED DRAGON is a chemical training exercise, at Ft. McCoy, Wis., designed to
assess training ready year-1 units' capability to perform CBRN operations,
resulting in trained Soldiers, staffs, and units who are better able to
support the combatant commander.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel visited military installations in Colorado Springs June 27 and 28. Secretary Hagel held troop talks at NORAD and USNORTHCOM headquarters and Fort Carson and attended briefings at N-NC and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.
The U.S. Forest Service is working to contain the Lime Gulch wildfires burning in Jefferson County, Colo. The fire has destroyed 500 acres of land.