Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Wyrick | U.S. Coast Guard District 1 | 04.21.2021
Eight Coast Guard rescue swimmers beat the Guinness World Record for climbing the 29,028 ft. height of Mt. Everest at Air Station Cape Cod, April 21, 2021. The crew completed the climb in 1 hour, 26 minutes and 20 seconds. The prior record was held by eight Royal Air Force firefighters in 2004 with a time of 1 hour, 56 minutes and 8 seconds. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Raymond Diaz III | Chief of Naval Operations | 03.08.2021
210308-N-BB269-1003 WASHINGTON (March 8, 2021) A graphic illustration created for International Women's Day. The graphic shows a globe surrounded by concentric rings and silhouettes of women looking toward the world. The graphic includes the colors white, gold, and purple––colors representative of the women's suffrage movement. (U.S. Navy graphic by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Nicolas Myers | AFN Spangdahlem | 11.05.2020
Codenamed Operation Overlord but more widely known as D-Day, the landing of some 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces across a 50-mile stretch of Normandy beaches was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history. The morning of the invasion, President Eisenhower told the troops “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Nicolas Myers | AFN Spangdahlem | 11.05.2020
On February 13, 1943 the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was officially established. Terms like “Femarines” and “Glamarines” were original suggestions to identify these women but Marine Corps Commandant, General Thomas Holcomb decided they didn’t need a nickname. They would be trained as Marines and would therefore be known as Marines. Recruiting brochures at the time promised 34......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Nicolas Myers | AFN Spangdahlem | 11.04.2020
A turning point in the Pacific War of World War II, the Battle of Midway was called “the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare” by military historian Craig Symonds. While Japan was planning to lure American to Midway in a strategic trap, American cryptographers determined the date and location of Japan’s attack and forewarned the U.S. Navy to prepare its own......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Nicolas Myers | AFN Spangdahlem | 11.04.2020
Four days after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, following a declaration of war by Germany, the United States officially declared war on Germany and entered into World War II. Congress voted unanimously to adopt the war resolution when months prior the majority weren’t in favor of involving the country in the war at the time. President Roosevelt’s message to congress emphasized......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Muncy | Joint Task Force-National Capital Region | 07.04.2020
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - A B-2 Spirit Bomber flies in formation with four F-22 Raptors over Manhattan as part of the "Salute to America" on July 4th, 2020. The Salute to America is part of a 4th of July demonstration of our military capability, with a combined force of United States Air Force and United States Marine Corps aircraft flying from Boston, over Manhattan to Balitimore and ending at......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Muncy | Joint Task Force-National Capital Region | 07.04.2020
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - A B-1Lancer flies in formation with four F-35 Lightning II fighters over Manhattan as part of the "Salute to America" on July 4th, 2020. The Salute to America is part of a 4th of July demonstration of our military capability, with a combined force of United States Air Force and United States Marine Corps aircraft flying from Boston, over Manhattan to Baltimore and ending......
