Story by Senior Airman Amelio Brown | 22nd Air Refueling Wing | 01.15.2026
The 22nd Air Refueling Wing honors 16 civic leaders as they are inducted into the 2026 Honorary Commander program on January 9, 2026 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas....
Story by Spc. Rosa Ibarra and Sgt. 1st Class Sebastian Rothwyn | 138th Public Affairs Detachment | 01.13.2026
CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, New York --New York Army National Guard Col Jason Lefton, a Niskayuna resident, assumed command of the 5,100 Soldiers of the 53rd Troop Command during a Sunday, January 11, 2026 ceremony at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill. Lefton, who previously commanded the New York Army Guard’s 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade and served as State Army Aviation Officer,......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 01.12.2026
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Coast Guard held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Station and Aids to Navigation Team Buffalo combination building on Monday, at Sector Eastern Great Lakes in Buffalo, New York....
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 01.09.2026
LATHAM, New York — An Air Guard officer who started as an enlisted Airman, and served in the Persian Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed command of the New York Air National Guard during a Friday, January 9, ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham. Major General Gary Charlton II, who has also commanded the New York Air Guard's 107th Attack Wing in Niagara Falls, and......
Story by Senior Airman Dylan Maher | 8th Fighter Wing | 12.17.2025
KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea – Members of the Wolf Pack celebrated Winter Fest 2025, a resiliency day for the 8th Fighter Wing, at Kunsan Air Base on Dec. 5....
Story by Charles Emmons | Georgia National Guard | 12.13.2025
The Georgia Army National Guard's 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) conducted a change of command ceremony on Dec. 13, in Fort Benning, Ga. The ceremony marked the transfer of authority from Col. Christopher S. Powell to Col. Rodney C. Edenfield. Brigadier General Jason Fryman, Commanding General of the Georgia Army National Guard, presided over the event....
Story by Lt. Victor Murkowski | Commander, Destroyer Squadron 15 | 12.12.2025
YOKOSUKA, Japan — Cmdr. Rob Clarkson relieved Cmdr. Justan Caesar as commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) during a change of command ceremony at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Dec. 12, 2025....
Story by Eric Durr | New York National Guard | 12.12.2025
LATHAM, New York --The New York Army Guard’s top warrant officer, who’s served since 1986, and an Airman who enlisted in 2023, saluted the National Guard’s 389th Birthday during a Dec. 12 ceremony at New York National Guard headquarters in Latham, New York. Chief Warrant Officer 5, William Solmo, the state’s command chief warrant officer, and Airman 1st Class Emma Grace Charboneau,......
