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Story by Kevin Hymel | Arlington National Cemetery | 03.10.2026
Richard A. Kibbey Jr. was only 12 years old when an Air Force chaplain, a lieutenant colonel and an enlisted airman knocked on his family’s front door. “I knew immediately it was not good news,” he remembered. His father and namesake, Col. Richard Kibbey, had been serving in Vietnam as an HH-3E “Jolly Green Giant” helicopter pilot, rescuing downed flight crews. On Feb. 6, 1967, Col.......
Hometown: Melbourne, FL
Photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 02.17.2026
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Samuel Valley, from Florida, a pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, flies an MV-22B Osprey over the coast of Florida, Feb. 15, 2026. MAG-29 Distributed Aviation Operations Exercise is a multi-week exercise designed to distribute command and control of aviation forces, pushing authorities to the lowest......
Hometown: Merritt Island, FL
Photo by Airman 1st Class Aidan Martinez Rosiere | 100th Air Refueling Wing | 02.10.2026
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Artem Charov, 100th Comptroller Squadron deputy dispersing officer, holds a commander's coin after being recognized as the 100th Air Refueling Wing’s Ready Airman at RAF Mildenhall, England, Feb. 9, 2026. Charov was recognized for reconciling more than $500,000 in financial discrepancies and safeguarding program operations during a Department of Defense Finance and......
Hometown: Palm Bay, FL
Photo by Staff Sgt. Seth LaCount | 134th Public Affairs Detachment | 01.20.2026
Florida Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Troop A and C Troop, 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment, including liaison monitoring teams and Religious Support Team chaplains train alongside Tennessee Army National Guard Forward Support Medical Platoon (MEDEVAC), General Support Aviation Battalion aircrews and FLARNG 715th Military Police Company during civil disturbance response, leader......
Hometown: Melbourne, FL
Story by Marc Lindsay | U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command | 01.16.2026
Meet Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Ricky Bryant, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, the Navy’s only boot camp....
Hometown: Melbourne, FL
Courtesy Photo | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Europe Africa Central | 01.06.2026
NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, ITALY (Nov. 18, 2025) – Utilitiesman 3rd Class Ethan Madden, from Melbourne, Fla., and assigned to Public Works Department Sigonella, excavates an 11-inch water line. The repair was conducted to fix a leak of approximately 50 gallons per hour near the Wastewater Treatment Plant Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Central......
Hometown: Melbourne, FL
