Story by Master Sgt. William Reinier | Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington | 03.29.2024
The Army Aviation Brigade from Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir recently flew a training mission over the National Mall during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in DC. Missions like this are designed to sustain pilots' ability to navigate one of the most challenging airspaces in the continental United States due to its heavy air traffic and restricted areas. TAAB pilots must be ready to......
Story by Harvey Duze | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | 04.14.2023
As the days slowly get warmer, spring has truly arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) in Bethesda, Maryland. The foliage around the hospital has been coming out of its winter hibernation with a display of flowers and the return of green in the trees and bushes. This year, the flowering trees are more spectacular due in part to a milder than normal winter....
Story by Lance Cpl. Brennan Beauton | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 01.25.2020
NAGO, OKINAWA, Japan – Members of the local and U.S. communities celebrated the Nago Cherry Blossom Festival from Jan. 25 to Jan. 26 in Nago....
Story by Airman China Shock | 35th Fighter Wing | 09.12.2019
People get tattoos for many different reasons. For some, it is about style and design, while others tell a story through their ink. One’s ink can carry meaning, a story, showing individuality. This is why the same image of a tattoo can carry a different meaning to anyone who sees it. For Airman 1st Class D’Andre Daniels, a 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, his tattoos are a......
Story by Damien Salas | Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall | 04.04.2015
Wind gusts signaling the arrival of spring, and blowing away winter’s frigid grasp, warmed Washington’s Southwest waterfront April 4 just in time for the 12th Annual Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival....
Courtesy Story | Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall | 04.05.2014
Music, fireworks, cherry trees well on their way to blooming and Marines and Soldiers from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall combined to make the Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival the place to be April 5....
Story by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Case | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.01.2013
Through the smell of traditional Okinawa foods and the sight of blossoming cherry trees, Okinawa residents, service members and families alike listened to the sounds of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band performing Jan. 27 at the 51st annual Nago Cherry Blossom Festival at Nago Central Park....
Story by Lance Cpl. Heather Johnson | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.11.2011
Americans and members of the local community gathered together Jan. 29 and 30 to admire the blooming of the Okinawa sakura, better known as cherry blossoms....
