Headquarters Department of the Army is celebrating the Army's 243rd birthday during the week of 10-16 June 2018 with numerous ceremonies and events. Highlighted celebrations are Army Day with the Nationals on 10 June; Twilight Tattoo hosted by the Sergeant Major of the Army on 13 June; a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on 14 June; the Pentagon Army Birthday Celebration...
The Headquarters Department of the Army celebrates 246 years of courage from our soldiers. For the entire month of June, we will highlight the courage, dedication, sacrifices and accomplishments of our soldiers, family members, veterans, and civilians. This page was created to capture the events encompassing the Army's heritage and its birthday. This year's focus is People First and the theme...
The United States Army celebrates their 250th anniversary on 14 June 2025. Find content from our yearlong celebration beginning with the first U.S. Army Float in the 2025 Rose Bowl Parade, Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord, Philadelphia, USPS 250th Military Stamp release and Army Birthday Week including the NMUSA Revolutionary War Exhibit, Twilight Tattoo, Army Birthday Run, Army Birthday...
Frank Kendall is the 26th Secretary of the Air Force responsible for organizing, training, and equipping the U.S. Air and Space Forces. In this capacity, he directs the Department of the Air Force’s annual budget exceeding $173 billion, provides Air and Space forces to combatant commanders for global military operations, and is accountable for the welfare of nearly 700,000 active duty,...
The Saturday Proficiency Jump Program (SPJP) builds proficiency, experience, and confidence of individual Paratroopers, insuring the XVIII Airborne Corps remains ready for contingency response missions.
The 28 Days in Air Force Global Strike Command project highlights the command's mission, its culture of special trust and responsibility and the 25,000 Airmen who provide safe, secure and effective combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations.
The 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division integrates KRF16 forces into the Korean Theater of Operations (KTO), redeploys KRF15 forces back to the continental United States (CONUS), and maintains combat-ready forces to preserve deterrence. If deterrence fails, it is prepared to execute its "Fight Tonight" mission in support of the OPLAN and directed tasks.
2JA 2016 Mine Countermeasures Exercise (2JA-16 MCMEX) is an annual bilateral
mine countermeasures exercise held between the U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime
Self Defense Force to strengthen interoperability and increase proficiencies
in mine countermeasure operations.
