Story by Tech. Sgt. John Winn | 151st Wing | 06.06.2019
10 years ago, I was honored to participate in the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in Normandy, France. While stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany along with my wife Trish, a fellow Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, we were extended a presidential invitation to partake in the events leading up to the commemoration as well as the formal ceremony of the 65th anniversary of D-Day....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ryan Campbell | 107th Attack Wing | 01.06.2017
NIAGARA FALLS AIR RESERVE STATION, N.Y., (Jan. 6, 2017) -- On a bitter winter's morning, the 107th Airlift Wing honored Millard Fillmore, the nation's 13th president, with a wreath laying ceremony at his grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo on Friday, Jan. 6. Col. Gray R. Charlton, the wing vice commander, laid the wreath on behalf of President Barack Obama in front of dignitaries and......
Story by Rebecca Newton | Armed Forces Retirement Home | 11.23.2016
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Sasha Obama served residents at the Armed Forces Retirement Home....
Story by Terrance Bell | U.S. Army Fort Lee | 10.13.2016
FORT LEE, Va. (Oct. 13, 2016) -- Staff Sgt. Tierra Brown of the 392nd Army Band sang the national anthem to open the nationally televised CNN town hall here featuring President Barack Obama Sept. 28....
Story by Lance Cpl. Jessica Etheridge | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.28.2016
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan -- The highest-ranking U.S. military commander on Okinawa announced today that all service members and Status of Forces Agreement personnel on Okinawa began a 30-day period of unity and mourning as of May 27, 2016, in a show of solidarity and unity with those grieving the death of an Okinawan woman....
Story by Airman 1st Class Philip Bryant | 316th Wing | 05.05.2016
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, the first lady Michelle Obama and the second lady Jill Biden kicked off a USO comedy show celebrating Military Appreciation Month, the 5th Anniversary of Joining Forces and the 75th Anniversary of the USO at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, May 5, 2016....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace | 89th Airlift Wing | 03.20.2016
President Barack Obama touched down in Cuba on the iconic “Air Force One” March 20, 2016, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years....
Story by Staff Sgt. Ryan Campbell | 107th Attack Wing | 01.08.2016
On a frosty winter’s morning, the 107th Airlift Wing here honored the nation’s 13th president with a wreath laying ceremony at his grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, on Jan. 7, 2016....
