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Photo by Staff Sgt. Eric McDonough | 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 06.15.2017
Lt. Col. Colby Wyatt, commander of the 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, discusses the progress the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine is making toward establishing a NATO compliant combat training center in Ukraine with students from the University of New Haven during the students’ visit to the Yavoriv CTC on the International Peacekeeping......
Hometown: West Haven, CT
Story by 1st Lt. Kayla Christopher | 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 06.14.2017
YAVORIV, Ukraine - Fans of “The Magic School Bus” know the best way to learn is to take a field trip. Taking a cue from Ms. Frizzle, University of New Haven faculty members Matthew Schmidt and Olena Lennon took 26 students on a literal trip to the field – arriving via non-magical bus to the Yavoriv Combat Training Center on the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, near......
Hometown: West Haven, CT
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Sharon Mock | 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.09.2017
Military and civilians from over 20 countries are participating in this year’s exercise in Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago which runs from June 6-17, 2017. Tradewinds is a joint, combined exercise conducted in conjunction with partner nations to enhance the collective abilities of defense forces and constabularies to counter terrorism and transnational organized crime, and to conduct......
Hometown: Newport, RI
Photo by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 06.08.2017
New York Air National Guard Combat Rescue Officers, pararescuemen and HC-130 aircrew members assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing plan for their rescue jump into the North Atlantic to aid injured crewmen on board the ship Tamar on April 24, 2017 as the plane flies eastward over the ocean. One sailor had been killed and three injured in a fire on the ship that morning. A second seaman died before......
Hometown: Westhampton Beach, NY
Story by Tech. Sgt. Monica Dalberg and Capt. Michael O'Hagan | New York National Guard | 06.08.2017
Gusts of wind hurled into the cabin and around the Airmen inside, as the rear ramp of the HC-130 search and rescue aircraft opened to the darkness of the Atlantic Ocean below on the night of April 24.
Members of the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing were preparing to jump into the sea less than 1,400 feet beneath them.
The low altitude jump was uncustomary, but......
Hometown: Westhampton Beach, NY
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cynthia Oldham | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 06.02.2017
By Petty Officer 2nd Class Cynthia Oldham
Hometown: Willimantic, CT
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 06.02.2017
An image of a clipping from a Provincetown, Massachussets newspaper published Sept 20, 2007, show the moments following Karla Beckert and Pam Gregory's rescue after their kayaking trip in Cape Cod Bay nearly ended in tradgey. The pair now share their story in hopes of encouraging other kayak users to paddle smart and safe. Newspaper clipping provided by Karla Beckert....
Hometown: Willimantic, CT
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey Hopkins | Navy Region Mid-Atlantic | 05.24.2017
Musician 1st Class Joseph Bailey gives a shout-out after performing a set at Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell as part of Fleet Week New York (FWNY), May 23. FWNY, now in its 29th year, is the city’s time-honored celebration of the sea services. It is an unparalleled opportunity for the citizens of New York and the surrounding tri-state area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as......
Hometown: Newport, RI
