Story by Tech. Sgt. Nic Kuetemeyer | 121st Air Refueling Wing | 05.04.2019
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Ginikos, crew chief in the fire department at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, was presented with the 2018 Chief Albert Fitzpatrick Award for Air National Guard Firefighter of the Year on May 5, 2019, and Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Gabrielle Hartford | USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) | 04.26.2019
Rear Adm. Cedric Pringle, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, awarded Religious Programs Specialist Seaman David Miller, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, April 26, for his heroic actions in disarming a woman with a weapon....
Story by Master Sgt. April Wickes | U.S. Strategic Command | 03.28.2019
As flood waters rose to record levels in Nebraska on March 15, 2019, the residents of Happy Hill in Plattsmouth became isolated and faced a dilemma: How were they going to get out?...
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Corwin Colbert | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 03.27.2019
Ten years later, at the NAVFAC HI headquarters, Sailors, Airman, Soldiers and civilians came together during a remembrance ceremony to remember Toner....
Story by Sgt. Travis Gershaneck | Marine Corps Recruiting Station Seattle | 12.22.2018
SEATTLE, Wash. - A Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Marine’s Christmas weekend at home turned into a mission to save a man’s life.
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Melvin J Gonzalvo | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.07.2018
Pearl Harbor survivors, family members and friends gathered at the USS Oklahoma Memorial on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, to honor fallen service members December 7....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Pacheco | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 12.06.2018
As the sun slowly lowered toward the horizon, service members, veterans, friends and family came together at the USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony, held annually on historic Ford Island, to honor the loss of the USS Utah (BB-31/AG-16) and 58 of her crew still entombed aboard the sunken vessel....
Story by Cpl. Michael Parks | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 12.03.2018
VANCOUVER- It’s the summer of 1968 in Vietnam, a sergeant with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines was forced into a position he never could have imagined. He had to lead his entire company through a deadly enemy ambush after the company commander, platoon commander and senior enlisted leadership were wounded in the fight. These were the circumstances of Retired Marine 1st Sgt. John......
