Story by 1st Lt. Rachel Ingram | 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio | 10.18.2020
During the October unit training assembly, the 87th Aerial Port Squadron processed nearly 100,000 pounds of food and water filtration kits bound for Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Hope Boxes, hand-packed by volunteers in Cincinnati, are being military airlifted through the Denton program, an amendment named for former Navy pilot and senator Jeremiah Denton, which allows the DoD to transport......
Story by Staff Sgt. Delaney Gonzales | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 10.08.2020
Navigating the murky waters of the virtual learning environment, while being a full-time working parent, is a challenge many active-duty military members are facing due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. The Langley Youth Program seeks to mitigate obstacles for service members by adapting its services to accommodate parents whose children are enrolled in an online school curriculum....
Courtesy Story | 86th Airlift Wing | 10.02.2020
What are humanitarian efforts? Are they boxes of food being dropped out of an aircraft? Perhaps people who receive various supplies after a hurricane or an earthquake?...
Courtesy Story | 50th Space Wing | 09.18.2020
The Chapel Corps here gained its newest member, Lt. Col. Kevin Hudson, Peterson-Schriever Garrison Operating Location Schriever installation chaplain, Sept. 18, 2020....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Southern Command | 08.24.2020
U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica Sharon Day delivered three field hospitals, purchased by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), to the Costa Rican government during an official donation ceremony Aug. 21 in San Jose....
Story by Sgt. Dani Debehets | U.S. Army Europe and Africa | 08.11.2020
The 21st Theater Sustainment Command coordinated the movement of 21 pallets of supplies from the Netherlands to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where members of the 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 721st Aerial Port Squadron and 1st Air and Space Communications Operations Squadron downloaded, prepared and loaded the nearly 12,000 pounds of supplies onto a U.S. Air Force C-130....
Story by Michael Strasser | Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs | 06.24.2020
The annual Army Emergency Relief (AER) campaign kicked off at Fort Drum in early March, until it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. AER officials will relaunch a monthlong campaign, starting July 1. Fort Drum AER representatives across the 10th Mountain Division (LI) will use this time to inform more Soldiers about the program and how they can contribute....
Story by Airman 1st Class Spencer Slocum | 316th Wing | 05.21.2020
A Pakistan Air Force transport aircraft landed at Joint Base Andrews this afternoon with 100,000 protective masks and 25,000 coveralls for donation to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for COVID-19 response efforts....