The Big Red One Year of the NCO is the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley’s program to further develop our NCO Corps and recognize their contributions, both personal and professional, to the 1st Infantry Division. The Big Red One recognizes the importance of our NCO Corps. NCO’s education, fitness and leadership development are enhanced through 1st Infantry Division initiatives and...
Diversity in all forms makes our Air Force better. It’s more than race, gender and ethnicity, it’s about leveraging unique strengths, perspectives and experiences. A force made up of Airmen of various backgrounds inherently brings out new and innovative ideas, which is vitally important to the Air Force mission. Additionally, we have a lot of complex issues to solve within our service and...
2023 marks a significant milestone in U.S. Navy history and in Naval Aviation: 50 years of women flying in the Navy. In 1973, the first eight women began flight school in Pensacola, Fla., and one year later six of those eight women, titled "The First Six," earned their Wings of Gold.
Today, our women aviators project power from the sea in every type, model, and series aircraft. They fly and...
This is the official DVIDS page for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Randy Oler Memorial Toy Drop 2.0 (OTD2.0).
Established in 1998, by then Staff Sergeant Randy Oler, a U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command(Airborne) (USACAPOC(A)) Soldier, Operation Toy Drop (OTD) began as a training event and airborne operation.
From 5-12...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S Army Col. Leland Blanchard assumes command of the District of Columbia Army National Guard, Land Component Command, Nov. 1, 2022.
Blanchard takes over as commander from Brig. Gen. Robert K. Ryan, who retired, Sept. 15.
Blanchard, a native of Englewood, Florida, most recently served as Operations Director, National Guard Bureau Arlington,...
“Our relationship is very close, we do not do anything without each other,” said Spc. Ronald Oun with the Delaware Army National Guard’s 160th Engineering Unit.
Spc. Ronald Oun and Spc. Rodney Oun were born identical twins in 1995 in South Philadelphia. They graduated High School together, shared birthday parties, attended the University of Delaware together, and then in 2014 decided...
U.S. Central Command's Innovation Oasis is a “Shark Tank”-like innovation competition that highlights select servicemembers and civilian ideas, inventions, and processes to be presented for possible implementation.
The military provides ceremonial support to a congressional funeral to honor and pay tribute to a senator. The highest honor the military and the public can give to a senator is a congressional funeral. The men and women of the Department of Defense are proud to be a part of this historical event.
