Story by Anna Marie General | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 06.22.2017
To improve the Navy’s transition to the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) and increase force protection at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, the Navy is transitioning from using the Navy Commercial Access Control System (NCACS) to DBIDS for contractors, vendors and suppliers requiring access to the base. Beginning Aug. 14, NCACS cards, also known as the Rapid Gate card, will no......
Story by Cotton Puryear | Virginia National Guard Public Affairs Office | 06.21.2017
SANDSTON, Va. — The Virginia National Guard has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the North Carolina National Guard to join the West Virginia and Pennsylvania National Guard as external customers storing equipment at the Fort Pickett Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site according to an announcement made June 21, 2017, by Maj. Gen. Timothy P. Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia.......
Story by Staff Sgt. Samuel Northrup | 1-2 SBCT, 7th Infantry Division | 06.22.2017
YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. – It was midday. The sunrays showered down on the prairie ground below. A gust of wind kicked up the soft dust that made up the soil. In the distance, an enemy vehicle moved into position against U.S. forces. The vehicle sped up a hill, stopped and opened the back door. Soldier after soldier moved out with weapons in hand and got low to the ground. The squad......
Story by Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms | 06.22.2017
Cpl. Rapheal Trammell, food service specialist, Headquarters Battalion, is currently on a board for Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for all food service specialists across the Marine Corps. Trammell is also teaching himself Japanese by watching anime and beginner-level Japanese language videos on YouTube....
Story by Sgt. Shiloh Capers | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.22.2017
PABERZE AIRFIELD, Lithuania — Lithuanian and U.S. soldiers participated in the last training event for Exercise Iron Wolf, a component of Saber Strike 17, Jun 21, 2017....
Story by 1st Lt. Lacey Roberts | 162nd Wing | 06.22.2017
Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, spent the day visiting Airmen at the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing located at the Tucson International Airport and the evening attending a graduation for his newest fighter pilots, Friday, June 16, 2017....
Story by Alun Thomas | U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion - Phoenix | 06.22.2017
SHOW LOW, Ariz. – It was a make or break time for Kimberly Robinson. She had just graduated from Show Low High School in 2016 and was unclear about her future....
Story by Jason Bortz | Naval Hospital Pensacola | 06.22.2017
NAVAL HOSPITAL PENSACOLA, Fla. – Capt. Sarah Martin, Nurse Corps, relinquished command of Naval Hospital Pensacola (NHP) to Capt. Amy Branstetter, Nurse Corps, at a change of command ceremony June 22 at the National Museum of Naval Aviation aboard Naval Air Station Pensacola....
