On April 12, Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan hosted a ministerial meeting with ministers and disaster management officials from 18 Caribbean countries to launch a new disaster resilience initiative, the U.S.-Caribbean Resilience Partnership, at the U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Miami, Florida. The event reinforces the close ties between the United States and the Caribbean, and...
U.S. & Cameroonian troops joined forces with West African & European leaders to conduct the combined, joint exercise Unified Focus in Douala, Cameroon. The exercise will take place in March, 2018 giving regional leaders an opportunity to rehearse coordination efforts to counter violent extremists organizations in the Lake Chad Basin.
The annual United Nations General Assembly is designated as a recurring National Special Security Event (NSSE), thereby authorizing the U.S. Secret Service to assume its mandated role as the lead agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan. The 2022 77th U.N. Generally Assembly will take place in New York City from Sept. 13-27. The Department of Homeland Security...
The Band of Mid-America has a long history of entertaining the American public and promoting esprit de corps within the military. The unit strives to inspire the hearts and minds of our men and women serving around the world and to tell the Air Force story through the universal language of music. Each year, the Band of Mid-America performs for millions of people throughout a ten-state region...
The United States Air Force Band of the Golden West is stationed in the San Francisco Bay area at Travis Air Force Base, California. The only active duty Air Force band west of the Rockies. In addition to performing for civilian communities throughout the states of California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada, the band supports 13 Air Force Bases, 8 Air Force Reserve Wings, and 6...
BATAVIA, Ill. — In a moving Pearl Harbor Day commemorative speech delivered at the Lincoln Inn on Dec. 9, Capt. Christopher Labissiere, commanding officer of Navy Reserve Center, Great Lakes, called for vigilance and unity while honoring the sacrifices that transformed a devastating attack into a defining moment of national resilience. Speaking to an audience of 300, Labissiere emphasized...
The commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise on May 10, 2024, marked a historic commitment by the US Coast Guard to Great Lakes stewardship and a lasting partnership with Lake Superior State University’s Center for Freshwater Research and Education, which hosts the GLCOE.
“The GLCOE, unique within the Coast Guard, advances freshwater and icy water...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and the City of West Sacramento celebrate Earth Day 2024 with a tour of the West Sacramento Levee Improvement Project.
