BOSTON – USS Constitution named one of their 24-pound long guns “Perfectus,” honoring the Navy’s first female chief petty officer on Sunday, March 21 during a Facebook Live presentation.
Loretta Perfectus Walsh enlisted in the Navy on March 17, 1917 as part of the Naval Reserve Act of 1916 and was sworn in as the Navy’s first Chief Petty Officer on March 21, 1917.
“Loretta...
Led by the French Marine Nationale’s Charles De Gaulle carrier strike group, Group Arabian Sea Warfare Exercise (GASEX) 21 is a combined, multilateral surface, air and sub-surface training is the first major multilateral exercise conducted since commencing their Clemenceau 21 deployment in February.
Northern Edge is a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command sponsored, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces led U.S. joint field training exercise in and around Alaska. Thousands of participants from all U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army, to include Reserve and National Guard units, are involved.
The exercise is designed to provide high-end, realistic war fighter training, and...
Trojan Footprint 21 is the annual, premier special operations forces exercise in Europe. While the exercise is focused on improving the ability of SOF to counter a myriad of threats, it also increases integration with conventional forces and enhances interoperability with our NATO allies and European partners. Most importantly, Trojan Footprint 21 fortifies military readiness, cultivates trust...
Castaway 21.1 demonstrated the Marine Corps’ ability to integrate with the joint force to seize and defend key maritime terrain, provide low-signature sustainment, and execute long-range precision fires in support of naval operations from an expeditionary advanced base. The exercise took place on and around Ie Shima and Okinawa, Japan, March 8-20, 2021.
Task Force Koa Moana 21 will strengthen military and defense capabilities with designated nations through the conduct of specific Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) Operations, Activities, and Investments (OAI) and Compact of Free Association (COFA) Defense agreements in accordance with USINDOPACOM security-cooperation objectives throughout the Indo-Pacific.
Western Recruiting Region meets to discuss the current/future state of the marketing/social media efforts, gather digital content and conduct training to ensure the effectiveness of recruiting programs is maximized in support of recruiting efforts.
Air Combat Command’s AGILE FLAG 21-2 experiment will test the 4th Fighter Wing’s (Seymour-Johnson AFB, N.C.) ability to deploy into theater as a lead Air Expeditionary Wing from April 26 - May 7, 2021. The unit will employ mission generation, command and control, and base operating support-integrator elements from its main operating base at Tyndall AFB, Fla., while supporting a forward...
