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...
U.S. Reserve components compete in the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) Military Competition, an annual reserve military competition consisting of NATO member states and other participating nations with 34 countries in total,representing 1.3 million reservists. The MILCOMP, which has been held since 1957, is a military pentathlon testing service members in pistol and rifle...
The 6th Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Games will be held in Mungyeong, South Korea 2-11 October 2015. The Military World Games will feature over 80 nations and 5,000 athletes from around the world. These athletes will be united under the ideal of 'Friendship through Sport', the motto of CISM, as the military Olympics takes place in eight cities of Gyeongsanbuk...
The Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Partner Appreciation Day is an event that celebrates the enduring relationships between Djibouti, the United States, and allies and partners across East Africa. The event highlighted the collaboration of the like-minded countries who work to bring stability and prosperity to Africa through defense, diplomacy and development initiatives.
A USO variety tour across that will stretch across multiple COCOM's
The 125th Fighter Wing hosted a change of command ceremony at the Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida, Sept. 14, 2024. Outgoing commander, U.S. Air Force Col. George Downs, relinquished command to incoming commander, U.S. Air Force Col. Mansour Elhihi, before Airmen, friends and family. As the former wing commander, Downs led the execution of the F-15 Federal Aerospace Control Alert...
U.S. Army Alaska will host a Cold Regions/ Military Mountaineering Event that brings together military professionals from Canada, Chilean, Finland, Great Britain, Italy, Slovenia and Sweden whose primary purpose is the planning, training and execution of military operations in extreme cold weather and mountainous environments.
Colony Glacier is a real world mission to recover the remains and wreckage of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft that crashed Nov. 22, 1952, near Mt. Gannett, Alaska. Soldiers assigned to the Alaska Army National Guard discovered the debris from a Blackhawk helicopter on June 10, 2012, during a routine training mission on Colony Glacier nearly 14 miles from where the plane first...
