The 2nd Annual Fort Benning Infantry Week celebrates the U.S. Army Infantry with a series of competitions. The week kicks off April 8, 2019, with the Best Mortar Competition and the Lacerda Cup, and finishes with the David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition.
The Best Mortar Competition, hosted by the 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, is scheduled to take place April 9 through 11,...
On Sunday, July 3rd, the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins will participate in the first regular-season game of a professional sport ever played on an active military base at Fort Bragg, N.C., in celebration of the Nation's service members.
The U.S. Army has approved the awarding of the Purple Heart or the Defense of Freedom, a civilian counterpart medal, to the soldiers and civilians wounded in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and more than two dozen wounded in 2009.
Friendship Day is an annual event hosted by Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni that invites the local community on base to enjoy a day of celebrating the ever-growing alliance between the U.S. and Japan.
Since 1973, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni has held a single-day air show designed to foster positive relationships and offer an elevating experience that displays the communal support between the U.S. and Japan. The air show also encompasses various U.S. and Japanese static aircraft displays, aerial performances and demonstrations, food and entertainment.
Fuerzas Comando 2017 is Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff-approved, and U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)-sponsored, special operations skills competition and combating terrorism fellowship program under the responsibility of Commander, Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH).
History: Fuerzas Comando is a competition held annually since 2004. The competition first held in El Salvador...
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III will retire
after 30 years of service, including the longest tenure as CSAF in Air Force
history. Gen. Welsh has served in the position since 2012.
Georgian and U.S. Marines practice counterinsurgency, stability, and transportation operations during a mission rehearsal exercise at the JMRC in preparation for a deployment to the Afghanistan theater of operation in support of NATO International Security Assistance Force.
