2014 marks the 41st annual meeting of the rivals Grambling
State University and Southern University. The Bayou Classic is a football
game commemorating academic achievement, tradition, sportsmanship, marching
bands and friendly competition.
This long-standing intrastate rivalry between the Southern Jaguars and
Grambling State Tigers is one of the more popular events in all of...
Operation Damayan is a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation set up in the Republic of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan (called Typhoon Yolanda by Filipinos), which caused catastrophic destruction in the central Philippines. The U.S. military and other agencies are working together to aid and assist survivors.
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.
Southern Katipo is a multinational military training exercise conducted in New Zealand. The exercise is designed to improve participating forces' combat training, readiness and interoperability as part of a Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF). The combined JIATF include forces from Australia, Canada, France, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Tonga and the U.S. Marine Corps and Army....
Arctic SAREX
The October 30-31, 2013 Alaska Arctic Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) is a Combined, Joint exercise between the United States and Canada. Its goal is to test the interoperability of U.S. and Canadian SAR forces and equipment in an Arctic SAR response.
Leaders, veterans, families to observe 30th anniversary of intervention operations in Grenada
U.S. military and civilian leaders, Grenadian senior officials, community representatives, U.S. military veterans, and the families of U.S. service members killed during military operations in Grenada will commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the U.S.-Caribbean intervention that began Oct. 25, 1983...
Held every October in Washington, D.C., the AUSA Annual Meeting is the largest landpower exposition and professional development forum in North America. The Annual Meeting consists of informative presentations, panel discussions on pertinent military and national security subjects, workshops and important AUSA business meetings.October 21-24
National POW/MIA Recognition Day is Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. Observances of National POW/MIA Recognition Day are held across the country on military installations, at state capitols, in local communities, schools and at various veterans' facilities.