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Temporary living quarters were established in the fitness center at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2024, to accommodate members of the 823rd RED HORSE. Deployed from Hurlburt Field, Florida, these Airmen are supporting recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jessi Roth)
Air Force

How Moody Air Force Base rode out a direct hurricane hit

The eye of Hurricane Helene passed directly over the south Georgia base, cutting power and water. Airmen stepped up to help each other dig out.

Hundreds of service members, civilians, families, and members of the community gathered at the installation's Community Club on Jun 26, 2024 to participate in the Fort Buchanan Hiring and Education Fair in Puerto Rico.
Career

Navy officer launches career mentorship program for vets, military spouses

Jai Salters recently launched Mil Mentor, a career program that aims to pair veterans and military spouses with industry experts.

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Air Force

3 Air National Guardsmen awarded Purple Hearts for Tower 22 attack in Jordan

The three Air National Guardsmen helped other service members get medical attention before seeking treatment for their own injuries.

Soldiers from A Co., 53rd BEB, clear streets of debris from Hurricane Helene in St. Pete Beach to prepare for Hurricane Milton, Oct. 8, 2024. The Florida National Guard clears debris and prepares critical infrastructure ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Brandon Miles)
Air Force

Thousands more National Guard troops activated ahead of ‘destructive and life-threatening’ Hurricane Milton

The Florida National Guard activated around 5,000 troops and the Army is sending roughly 100 active personnel to respond to Hurricane Milton.

North Carolina National Guard helicopter
Army

National Guard investigates Black Hawk filmed flying low over hurricane relief site

The North Carolina National Guard helicopter’s rotor wash sent tarps and other items into the air.

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News

A military airlift could be needed for IV fluids after Helene, hospital group says

With a major plant closed by storm damage, an association of nearly 5,000 hospitals is calling on President Biden to ask the military to transport IV fluids into the country.

U.S. Army paratroopers with the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, “Arctic Angels,” descend over Malemute Drop Zone after jumping from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules during joint airborne operations at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 8, 2023. Marine Corps aviators from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 153 out of Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and Army paratroopers conducted the joint airborne sustainment training to ensure mission readiness in an arctic environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Raina Dale)
Army

11th Airborne soldier injured during parachute jump in Hawaii

The accident comes after a jump exercise killed one 82nd Airborne soldier and injured another last month during training in Louisiana.

Troops prepare for Hurricane
Air Force

Military bases in Florida prepare for Category-5 Hurricane Milton

The US military is moving ships, planes, and people out of Hurricane Milton’s projected path.

Blanchfield Army Community Hospital nurse Heather Collins (left) looks up information for nurse Emily Acree at the nursing station in the hospital’s ICU Jan. 11. The newly renovated 9,300-square foot ICU features eight new private ICU suites, a centralized nursing station, charting stations, all new ICU equipment and state-of-the-art telehealth capabilities through the Joint Tele-Critical Care Network.
United States

Inmate posed as VA employee to scam ailing vets out of thousands

An ex-service member allegedly posed as a VA official to steal veterans' personal and banking information, some of whom were in ICUs.

Tommy Vu lies on the ground at the bottom of burpee, chin on the ground, showing exhaustion and sweating.
National Guard

National Guard major sets burpee world record

Maj. Tommy Vu reclaimed the top spot this month, completing 1,027 chest-to-ground burpees in an hour, smashing the previous record.

Soldiers unload crates of water in front of a CH-47 Chinook. On the side of it the face of singer Lionel Richie is stenciled on.
Culture

Why Lionel Richie’s face is on the side of a Chinook in North Carolina

The Iowa National Guard's 171st Aviation Regiment joined Hurricane Helene relief efforts to say, 'Hello. Is it aid you’re looking for?'

Soldiers walk along a damaged road, inspecting the barrier. The ground is marked to track their progress.
Army

82nd, 101st Airborne send troops to help in Helene recovery efforts

More than 1,000 active-duty soldiers deployed to the southeast to help thousands of National Guard troops as the death toll from the storm rises.

A KC-135 Stratotanker lands on a runway on a large field at MacDill Air Force Base, a city skyline behind it.
Air Force

MacDill Air Force Base orders partial evacuation ahead of Milton storm

The base is still clearing debris left over from Helene, and planes moved out of state for that storm only returned to MacDill this past week.

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Navy

The Navy’s latest recruiting tool? A Reddit scavenger hunt

Consider it the hunt for Reddit October.

A Marine holds a breathalyzer to a driver at a security checkpoint in Okinawa.
Japan

New restrictions on late-night drinking for troops in Japan

The order on updated liberty hours comes after multiple service members were accused of sexual assault this year in Japan.

U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Cpl. Eddie Vincek, a WWII veteran and Battle of Iwo Jima survivor, poses for a group photo with Marines from Training Company , Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment during his 100th birthday celebration at the Ruritan Club, Chesapeake, Va., Sept. 29, 2024. Vincek served with ‘A’ Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division in the Battle of Iwo Jima which was one of the last and most violent struggles of the WWII campaign in the Pacific. During the celebration, Vincek was joined by close family and friends and honored with a challenge coin and plaque. (U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Lance Cpl. Catherine S. Verenzuela Mariano)
Marine Corps

100 Marines showed up for an Iwo Jima veteran’s 100th Birthday

Cpl. Eddie Vincek came ashore on Iwo Jima in the battle's first hours. In September, 100 Marines helped him celebrate his 100th birthday.

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, prepares to take her fini-flight at Scott Air Force Base, IL, Sept. 24, 2024. The fini flight is a long-standing Air Force tradition, marking a pilot's departure from a unit or the final time they fly an aircraft while in that role. (DOD photo by Iain Page)
Air Force

U.S. military’s longest-serving woman 4-star general retires from Air Force

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, one of just a handful of women to ever reach the U.S. military's highest rank, retired as commander of U.S. TRANSCOM after 36 years of service.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elizabeth "Sully" Brakefield, 344th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, smiles for a photo in the cockpit of a KC-46A Pegasus May 28, 2024, over the midwestern United States. Capt. Brakefield experienced a reunion at 25,000 feet when she refueled her brother's U.S. Navy EA-18 Growler during an aerial refueling mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gavin Hameed)
Air Force

Brother and sister meet in the sky during refueling mission

The siblings, one from the Air Force, the other from the Navy, had an airborne reunion during a refueling mission above the Midwest.

Members of the Texas A&M Task Force 1 Search and Rescue Team work alongside Soldiers from the HHC 1-111th AVN GSAV (General Support Aviation) to conduct search and rescue operations after Hurricane Helene, Sept. 27, 2024. The Florida Army National Guard works closely with our civilian partner agencies and actively monitors all potential areas of impact. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Valeria M. Pete, 107th MPAD, FLARNG)
National Guard

In wake of Helene, National Guard soldiers who lost their homes still reporting for duty

National Guard officials said they are moving from Hurricane Helene search and rescue operations to logistics help and debris removal.

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News

US bomb from World War II explodes at Japanese airport

No injuries were reported due to the blast. Previously, two unexploded bombs were found at the Miyazaki airport in Japan, first in 2011, and again in 2021.