Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Ryre Arciaga | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 06.05.2023
A Mayaguez, Puerto Rico native and 2020 graduate of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico is serving aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) which is operating in the Philippine Sea....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Kimberly Martinez | Navy Talent Acquisition Group Miami | 11.16.2017
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The wrath of Mother Nature was two-fold when Hurricanes Irma and Maria brought disaster and devastation to many islands in the Caribbean and South Florida. Millions of people lost everything, some taking a direct hit from both storms. The road to recovery will be long and hard, but the Sailors of Navy Recruiting District (NRD) Miami’s Division 7 aren’t letting......
Story by Staff Sgt. Dalton Smith | 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 02.21.2017
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) only Mobile Integrated Remains Collections System (MIRCS) is ran and operated by only three Soldiers in Erbil, Iraq....
Story by Timothy Hale | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 08.02.2016
FORT PICKETT, Va. – Soldiers from the 246th Quartermaster Company (Mortuary Affairs), a U.S. Army Reserve unit based in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, approached the simulated wreckage of a UH-1 Huey helicopter with a purpose but also with caution. They found two survivors and two casualties among the debris field that littered the location. What normally would be a search and recovery mission......
Story by Spc. Anthony Zane | 362nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.23.2014
A post-apocalyptic horror movie wouldn’t be complete without blood, guts and gore, zombies, disaster and buildings turned to rubble. And a field training exercise that focuses on a catastrophic domestic incident is not complete without the same level of gore by use of live participants complete with gushing wounds, broken bones and bloody limbs....
