Story by Kyler Hood | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 03.03.2025
As the most senior enlisted leader at Commander, Navy Region Hawaii (CNRH), Command Master Chief (CMDCM) Quentin Terrell Newsom is doubling down on two tenets of effective leadership: acting on feedback and maximizing opportunities to support the CNRH mission. Newsom, 46, began his new role as the principal adviser to Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, commander of CNRH and Navy Closure Task......
Story by Pfc. Julian Winston | 1st Cavalry Division | 07.18.2024
FORWARD OPERATING SITE POWIDZ, POLAND – Chief Warrant Officer Four Jose C. Garcia was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal during a ceremony preceding the official transfer of authority between the 1st Infantry Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade and the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, July 10, 2024....
Story by 2nd Lt. Jimmy Nguyen | 316th Wing | 03.15.2024
The 316th Security Support Squadron, joined by base leadership and community members Monday, honored the life and service of Military Working Dog Crock, who passed on March 4 from medical complications after five years of honorable service to the U.S. Air Force....
Story by Senior Airman Yuki Klein | 142nd Wing | 02.28.2024
In May 2023, during a casual drive over a mountain toward Three Rivers Marina on Lake Billy Chinook, Oregon, Staff Sgt. Mara Fenwick and Senior Airman Bailey Buck, both weapons loaders with the Portland Air National Guard’s 142nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, found themselves faced with a life-or-death situation while off duty. The Airmen sprang into action, helping to stabilize the......
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland | 12.14.2023
The sun wasn’t yet up on March 31 at 5:15 a.m., but Chad Rollins was. He had been awake since 4 a.m. lifting weights in the otherwise empty gym at Coast Guard Station Sabine, a spacious complex nestled on the swampy edge of Sabine Pass, Texas. After working and sleeping at the station for the past two days, Rollins was ready to head home and see his wife, Parker, and 6-year-old daughter,......
Story by Spc. Doniel Kennedy | 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs Office | 11.17.2023
Army Career Counselor Sgt. 1st Class Craig Pienkoski receives a Meritorious Service Medal for his above and beyond performance by transferring the most Active Duty Soldiers to Reserve component Drill Sergeants in the Army....
Story by Airman 1st Class Edgar Grimaldo | 86th Airlift Wing | 08.26.2022
While working at the Polygone Control Center a tri-national detachment located in in Bann, Germany, French air force Adjutant Major Olivier Theer, French Polygone chief of operations, distinguished himself in the performance of outstanding service to the United States and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Grossi | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 07.07.2022
Maj. Nathan “PHOD” Erickson relinquished command of the 62nd Expeditionary Attack Squadron to Maj. Andrew “House” Leader July 6, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 62nd EATKS, which operates under the callsign Valkyrie, has a mission to employ, launch and recover MQ-9 Reapers for persistent attack and reconnaissance within the Southwest Asia area of responsibility....
