The Air National Guard Command Chief Huddle brings together more than 150 command chief master sergeants and other senior enlisted leaders from 90 Air National Guard wings and units, representing all 50 U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia for an open discussion on issues and challenges facing the ANG. The event helps facilitate a better understanding of the ANG mission,...
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, presented Purple Heart medals to the families of Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, Sgt. Carson Holmquist and Lance Cpl. Squire "Skip" Wells during a ceremony in Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 20, 2016. The four Marines were killed during an attack on the Naval Operational Support...
The Best Ranger Competition is a three-day event hosted annually at Fort Benning by the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade. Now in its 33rd year, it is regarded throughout the military community as one of the toughest, most physically demanding competitions in the world. It has grown from a local contest into an Army-wide competition to find the Army's best Ranger team.
The 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment will conduct their final training flight from Simmons Army Airfield with their OH-58D Kiowa Warriors Friday, April 15. The aircraft and crews from 1-17 CAV will conduct a formation flight of 30 Kiowa Warriors in and around Fayetteville and Fort Bragg
During a ceremony in Detroit, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the next Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, DDG 120, will be named Carl M. Levin in honor of the longest serving senator in Michigan history.
The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit is a transition summit in which heads of state, government and many participating countries voluntarily pledged to take specific actions to increase domestic nuclear security and to work through bilateral or multilateral mechanisms to improve security globally.
U.S. Air Forces Europe and U.S Air Forces Africa, at the invitation from the Kingdom of Morocco and in coordination with the U.S. Embassy-Rabat, will participate in the International Marrakech Airshow 2016. The U.S. Air Force will have several aircraft on display for public view.
The African Land Forces Summit (ALFS) is a weeklong seminar bringing together land force chiefs from across Africa for candid dialog to discuss and develop cooperative solutions to regional and transregional challenges and threats. ALFS 2016 is hosted by U.S. Army Africa and the Tanzanian Peoples' Defense Force.
