Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sarah Eaton | USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) | 07.07.2023
YOKOSUKA, Japan –A Houston, Texas native was selected as U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Blue Jacket of the Quarter for 2nd Quarter fiscal year 2023 during an all-hands call held on the main deck March 21, 2023....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sarah Eaton | USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) | 07.07.2023
YOKOSUKA, Japan – A Los Angeles native was selected as U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) Sailor of the Week March 28, 2023....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Amanda Kitchner | Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet | 05.19.2023
A 1987 Emmaus Senior High School graduate and first-generation Cuban-American is serving as the U.S. 7th Fleet vice commander, having assumed the position in October 2022....
Story by Capt. Joe Legros | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 02.19.2023
U.S. Army Maj. Jose Corporan-Reyes traveled from Boston to Nairobi, Kenya, to participate in exercise Justified Accord 2023 (JA23). He joined nearly 1,000 multinational service members from approximately 20 partner nations and four continents at U.S. Africa Command’s largest military exercise in East Africa. JA23 increases partner readiness for peacekeeping operations and crisis response....
Story by Capt. Joe Legros | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 02.19.2023
U.S. Army Col. Erin Merryweather is a nurse practitioner with the 7306th Medical Exercise Support Battalion, an Army Reserve unit based in San Antonio, Texas. Her hometown is Kanab, Utah, and she was with the Utah National Guard until a few years ago when she transitioned to the Army Reserve, working and living in San Antonio now. “In exercise Justified Accord (JA23), I work as the role......
Story by Capt. Joe Legros | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 02.19.2023
U.S. Army Spc. Ismaela Rodriguez is a transportation management coordinator with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 164th Transportation Battalion, Massachusetts National Guard in Boston, Mass. Rodriguez joined 1,000 participants in Kenya for exercise Justified Accord 2023 (JA23), U.S. Africa Command’s largest military exercise in East Africa. The exercise enhances regional......
Story by Capt. Joe Legros | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 02.18.2023
“I volunteered for Exercise Justified Accord (JA23) because I always wanted to go to Kenya,” said Walser. “I maintain full accountability of all Soldiers participating in the exercise in Nairobi and Isiolo, Kenya. As a personnel officer (S1), I also have the pleasure of processing awards for those deserving Soldiers who exemplified outstanding service during the exercise.”...
Story by Capt. Joe Legros | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 02.18.2023
U.S. Army Sgt. Craig Barrows grew up in Parkers Prairie, Minn., and now resides in St. Michael, near Minneapolis. He currently serves as a combat medic with the U.S. Army Reserve’s 345th Medical Company Ground Ambulance based in Des Moines, Iowa. The unit was recently formed a little over a year ago and provides combat medical evacuation and care through all phases of military operations....
