U.S. government leaders and experts in the areas of public-health, counter-illicit trafficking, law enforcement, and justice meet at the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) in Miami Feb. 8 to discuss the nation’s opioid epidemic. During the day-long Opioid Summit, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions joins other senior U.S. officials to examine the crisis, consider approaches...
ORCA 2023 is a multi-agency all-hazards chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear high-yield explosives exercise, designed to foster coordination and interoperability among a range of agencies, including the Alaska National Guard’s 103rd Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team, 12 National Guard units from Alaska, Washington, Nebraska, Mississippi, Kansas, Ohio, Hawaii, and...
Exercise Orient Shield 21-1 demonstrates the U.S. resolve to support the security interests of friends and allies in the region.
Since its first iteration in 1982, Orient Shield has focused on the development and refinement of the JGSDF and USARPAC’s efforts in the areas of bilateral planning, coordination, and interoperability. Training and readiness are essential to generating credible deterrence in an increasingly complex regional security environment. This exercise underscores a continued commitment by both the...
Orient Shield 22 is the largest U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bilateral field training exercise being executed in various locations throughout Japan to enhance interoperability and test and refine multi-domain and cross-domain operations.
At the Orlando VA Healthcare System, we honor America's debt to the men and women whose patriotic service and sacrifice earned our freedom. Our mission is, “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan,” through demonstrating VA’s ICARE values of integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect, and excellence.
Content related to the U.S. military's search and rescue efforts in the wake of the Oso mudslide. The Washington National Guard is part of the group helping with the search and rescue.
Combined Forces Command and Republic of Korea forces is conducting a Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore exercise from June 29 through July 9, 2015 at the Anmyeon Beach on the west coast of the Republic of Korea. This exercise will train service members on how to accomplish vital logistical measures in an area with strategic access to Seoul.
