The blue-green team will flex its amphibious muscles once again in Exercise Bold Alligator 2014, planned for late October-early November.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
In war with drug traffickers, Coast Guard stretched thin
While the world focuses on conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, the Coast Guard and its U.S. Southern Command partners are looking west.
Iraq lawmakers approve interior, defense ministers
Iraqi lawmakers approved Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s remaining Cabinet nominees on Saturday, including for the critical defense and interior portfolios, completing the formation of a government that will strive to push the Islamic State extremist gro
As logistics mission closes in Afghanistan, Pacific heats up
The new reality of the Army – sending scalable units all over the world with wide-ranging missions – cannot be done without the necessary equipment. Coordinating these efforts is Gen. Dennis Via, commanding general of Army Materiel Command.
Charleston crew returns from Ebola mission: ‘I felt very safe,’ pilot says
The C-17 crew headed to the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa earlier this month would only be on the ground for a few hours.
Army tests super-repellent uniform
Army researchers have developed a no-stick, no-stain, no-stink coating that could all but eliminate the need for soldiers to wash their uniforms – and it’s going commercial before it goes on your ACU.
Utah Guard investigating risque promotional video of women with guns
A risque video shot in conservative Utah featuring bikini-clad women firing high-powered weapons and riding in tanks for a pinup calendar has raised the ire of a pair of law enforcement agencies who suspect some of their equipment and officers may be in t
Ebola concern sparks commotion at Pentagon
In yet another indication of the rapidly rising anxiety over Ebola, a new scare erupted at the Pentagon on Friday morning after a woman on a tour bus in the building’s parking lot who said she had recently traveled from Africa vomited, defense officials s
Report faults Pentagon efforts to find MIAs
The Pentagon’s effort to find missing servicemembers from past wars is wracked with inefficiencies, lacks a clear mission and fails to differentiate remains that can be recovered from those lost forever, an inspector general’s report charged Friday.
Dunford takes command of the Corps, issues first order to Marines
The 36th commandant’s first order to the Marine Corps as he took command was a simple one: Continue to march.
