Operation Santa Claus began in 1956 in response to a request from St. Mary’s Mission for toys for their children. Spring floods and a drought had caused a severely negative impact on fishing and hunting that year and the mission spent all of their money to pay for food to be shipped in. This left no money to buy gifts for the children for Christmas. However, upon the mission’s request for...
The B-21 is a long-range, highly survivable, penetrating strike stealth bomber that will incrementally replace the B-1 and B-2 bombers, becoming the backbone of the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet.
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.
“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...
Freezing Winds 22 is a Finnish-led exercise designed to enhance military capabilities and strengthen the partnership between the U.S. and Finland in a challenging Arctic environment with rugged terrain and extreme cold weather. The U.S. values its close friendship with Finland as we work together to promote democracy and ensure regional and global security.
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.
Senior Department of the Air Force are visiting with Airmen and Guardians around the globe who stand watch 24-7-365 to show appreciation for their efforts, sacrifice and to recognize and increase awareness of this vital mission.
The Secretary of Defense has designated November as Warrior Care Month (WCM), which is defined as, "a Department of Defense-wide effort aimed at increasing awareness of programs and resources available to wounded, ill, and injured (WII) Service members, their families, and those who care about them".
The week of 14 - 18 November 2022 has been designated Warrior Care Week (WCW). During WCW,...
