This feature page highlights print stories, imagery and videos of U.S. Army Reserve Command Soldiers helping to provide relief support to areas impacted by Hurricane Maria. America's Army Reserve is the most capable, combat-ready, and lethal Federal Reserve force in the history of the Nation. America’s Army Reserve provides capabilities critical to DSCA response, including search and rescue,...
AMISTAD (Spanish for friendship) brings U.S. military health professionals together with partner nation medical teams to train together and relieve stress on overtaxed host nation medical systems. This 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) led mission delivers valuable experiences to U.S. and partner nation medical professionals while increasing their ability to quickly work together in...
The crew of the USCG Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) was requested to rescue/recover the Antarctic Chieftain, a 207-foot Australian-flagged fishing vessel with 26 people aboard, beset in ice approximately 900 miles northeast of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica on Feb. 10, 2015. The Antarctic Chieftain suffered damage to three of its four propeller blades when it became stuck in the ice lost its ability...
The Armed Services Blood Program is the official military provider of blood products to U.S. armed forces. As a joint operation among the military services, the ASBP provides quality blood products for service members, veterans, and their families in both peace and war; collects, processes, stores, distributes, and transfuses blood worldwide; and works closely with our civilian counterparts in...
The outreach is hosted through a partnership between the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training Program, Air National Guard, Army Reserve, active duty Air Force and Navy Reserve and U.S. Public Health Service in partnership with Birchwood Cares Community Center to offer no-cost health care services to individuals living in the counties of Rhea, Meigs and Hamilton. The two...
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan National Guard began operation COVID-19 Hammer to help assist Michiganders with food banks, Covid-19 testing, hospital support, and vaccinations
The feature page showcases the scope of CBP’s efforts to search for and rescue migrants in distress, protect migrants from smuggling organizations, and provide life-saving support at Ports of Entry, and showcases the dangers migrants face trying to illegally cross the border into the United States.
On April 20, 2010, the Macondo 252 well, 45 miles off the coast of Louisiana experienced a catastrophic blowout, causing a major explosion, fire and subsequent sinking of the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit – Deepwater Horizon. The fire and explosion caused the deaths of 11 persons aboard the unit, and the blowout resulted in a catastrophic oil spill below the surface of the ocean, leading to...
