U.S. Special Operations Command hosts the 2023 Warrior Games Training Camp at the Short Fitness and Sports Center, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 24-28, 2023. Team SOCOM consists of 40 wounded warriors who are collectively training and conditioning together, and will compete in the 2023 DoD Warrior Games Challenge at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California in June.
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade hosts a memorial ceremony to honor the lives of the nine Soldiers killed in the March 29, 2023, helicopter accident.
The Air National Guard Band of the West Coast provides a wide spectrum of musical support for events that enhance the morale, motivation, and esprit de corps of our Airmen, foster public trust and support, aid recruiting initiatives, and promote our national interests at home and abroad.
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...
U.S. Army South hosted 16 partner nations from Central and South America and the Caribbean for the inaugural Army South Women, Peace, and Security Symposium at San Antonio, Texas on Feb. 22 and 23. This symposium included presentations, panel discussions, and question-and-answer sessions supporting the Women, Peace, and Security initiative. The United Nations Women, Peace, and Security...
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...
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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...
