Jan. 31, 2025 DOD Support to the Southern Border in Photos U.S. Northern Command is the Defense Department's operational lead for the employment of U.S. military forces carrying out President Donald J. Trump's executive orders on protecting the territorial integrity of the United States. Northcom is working with the Department of Homeland Security to
Feb. 8, 2024 Centcom Kills Kataib Hezbollah Commander Responsible for Strikes Against U.S. Forces U.S. Central Command announced it conducted a strike in Iraq that killed a Kataib Hezbollah commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on U.S. forces in the region, the Pentagon press secretary said.
April 20, 2023 Vice Chiefs Talk Recruiting Shortfalls, Readiness Issues The Army, Navy and Air Force will not make enlistment goals this year, officials told the House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness.
Feb. 14, 2022 Fallen But Never Forgotten Forty-seven years after serving in World War II, a Marine Corps veteran aimed his sights on the task of building a National Iwo Jima Memorial in the heart of Connecticut.
Jan. 30, 2019 315th CRF tests mettle in joint-service training mission Patriot Palm A 315th Airlift Wing unit finished its most recent joint-service training exercise Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Hawaii.Teaming up with FEMA, the FBI, Army, Coast Guard and Marine Corps, the 315th Contingency Response Flight completed Exercise Patriot Palm, a joint-service emergency and
Oct. 1, 2017 DoD Continues to Provide More Response Capacity to Puerto Rico The Defense Department is deploying more response capacity to Puerto Rico to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s need for a commodities distribution network able to reach isolated communities and sustained medical support for the island’s residents, a Pentagon spokesman said in a
March 14, 2017 Marine Corps Leaders Express Outrage About ‘Marines United’ Activity The conduct of Marines in a private social media group that shared explicit photographs of female Marines denigrates the core values of the service, and illegal behavior will be prosecuted, the service's leaders said during a Senate hearing.
Jan. 31, 2017 Dunford: Speed of Military Decision-Making Must Exceed Speed of War Military decision-making needs to exceed the speed of events, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote recently in Joint Forces Quarterly.