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Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Caleb Barrieau | U.S. Africa Command | 02.19.2020
1st Lt. Karina Acevedo, base medical provider, and Sgt. 1st Class Dennis Smith, senior medic, discuss triage rally points in the case of a mass casualty emergency during Flintlock 20 Kaedi, Mauritania, Feb. 18, 2020. The Michigan Army National Guard medical team leads the multinational medical clinic with African partners and joint service enablers. Flintlock is an annual, integrated military......
Hometown: Constantine, MI
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelsey Hockenberger | Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 | 01.26.2020
ASAN, Guam (Jan. 24, 2020) Chief Machinists Mate (Nuclear) Brandon Jackson, from Portage, Mich., assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron Fifteen (CSS-15), collects trash during a community volunteer project at Asan Memorial Beach Park. The project is part of the Navy Sailor 360 program, a developing program teaching and inspiring deckplate leadership fundamentals among the enlisted force and......
Hometown: Portage, MI
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Sippel | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 01.22.2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Dec. 26, 2019) – Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Griswold, a pharmacist at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, packs a patient’s medications. Griswold, a native of Portage, Michigan, holds a Pharmacy degree from Ferris State University. “Our mission is to help patients get the medications they need to improve their health. In addition to medication therapy, I’m also interested in the......
Hometown: Portage, MI
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrea Perez | Commander, Submarine Group Nine | 01.21.2020
KEYPORT, Wash. (Jan. 21, 2020) Capt. Andy Kimsey, from Kalamazoo, Michigan, delivers his final remarks as commanding officer during a change of command ceremony for the blue crew of the USS Ohio (SSGN 726), onboard Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, Washington, Jan. 21. Ohio is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, and is the first in her class of ballistic missile submarines and guided-missile......
Hometown: Kalamazoo, MI
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrea Perez | Commander, Submarine Group Nine | 01.21.2020
SILVERDALE, Wash. (Jan. 21, 2020) - The blue crew of the guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) held a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) Bangor, Washington, Jan. 21....
Hometown: Kalamazoo, MI
Video by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 12.30.2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Invasive Management Species Branch is committed to providing technical support for the control of invasive species in our national and regional ecosystem restoration program. The alligator weed has invaded many water systems in the South and is slowly working its way westward. The alligator flea beetle is one of the methods that the Corps uses to control the......
Hometown: Vicksburg, MI
Video by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 12.30.2019
America's Everglades was once vibrant, free-flowing "River of Grass," but the thriving ecosystem was reduced by 50 percent over time. The damage was due to development, population increases, economic growth, and the naivety of the environmental impacts. Since the year 2000, when Congress authorized the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its......
Hometown: Vicksburg, MI
Story by Jeffrey Landenberger | DLA Disposition Services | 12.17.2019
Associates at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, support the US military all year, but as Christmas time draws near, they extend that support to their neighbors. Working with the Salvation Army, groups of HDI employees adopted 135 local individuals, providing food and gifts for the holidays....
Hometown: Battle Creek, MI
