COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo -- For former Marine Corps Reserve Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Hudgins, speed is the name of the game. Representing U.S. Special Operations Command, Hudgins earned 100-meter and 200-meter gold in the women’s competition in her disability …
June 8, 2018 News DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen at the NATO defense ministers conference in Brussels today to reaffirm the long-standing defense …
June 8, 2018 News DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis met with Turkish Minister of Defense Nurettin Canikli yesterday at the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels to discuss defense-related issues of mutual …
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Coalition trained and backed partner forces killed seven Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terrorists in southern Syria June 4, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials said today. During counter-ISIS patrols within …
Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White provided the following readout: Today, Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis met with German Minister of Defense Ursula von der Leyen at the NATO Defense Ministerial to reaffirm the longstanding defense relationship …
Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis met with Turkish Minister of Defense Nurettin Canikli yesterday at the NATO Defense Ministerial to discuss defense-related issues of mutual …
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Athletes took on heat, headwinds, the altitude and sharp turns during cycling competition at the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games outside the U.S. Air Force Academy stadium here yesterday. The day began with the cycling …
FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- Army Staff Sgt. Levar Curry, a South Carolina National Guard recruiter in the Columbia area known affectionately as “Big Sarge” competed and won first place overall for men in the Strong Man/Strong Woman Competition, May 17. Military …
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS -- The guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill and the Egyptian navy’s frigate El Suez participated in a passing exercise here, June 3. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Van Scoten, commanding officer of Winston S. Churchill, …
WASHINGTON -- In 1988, Colombia looked like it was on its way to being a failed state. Drug cartels operated with impunity. The rebel group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -- or FARC -- controlled vast swathes of the nation and was working hand …
WASHINGTON -- The National Defense University’s class of 2018 is part of a network that’s unique in its interagency, joint and combined composition, Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the graduates here today. “ …
WASHINGTON -- Army researchers in Massachusetts are developing technology that may soon yield a lightweight combat helmet that provides more protection than anything ever fielded. Representatives of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and …
WASHINGTON -- NATO defense ministers approved the creation of two new joint force commands and discussed burden sharing during their meeting in Brussels today. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also announced that for the fourth year in a row, …
FORT MEADE, Md. -- A special authority called Cyber Excepted Service is helping the nation’s newest unified combatant command to streamline and expedite its recruitment and hiring processes. The CES gives U.S. Cyber Command hiring managers the discretion …
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Throughout the week here, about 300 wounded, ill and injured service members representing teams from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command, along with allied armed forces from …
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is meeting with his Russian counterpart in Helsinki tomorrow to discuss operations in Syria and other matters. It will be the third face-to-face meeting between Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford and Gen. …
WASHINGTON -- Hawaii National Guard service members are on duty to keep their fellow citizens safe as the Kilauea volcano continues spewing lava. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Elva A. Schaben briefed Pentagon reporters today from the Hilo airport, where the …
SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France -- On June 6, 1944, more than 156,000 troops began the largest multinational amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history. And 74 years later, the eyes of the world still look upon them as U.S. service members …
CHERBOURG, France -- “Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: you are about to embark upon the great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty- …
ROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, England -- Two B-1B Lancer bombers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, took part in missions supporting Exercise Baltic Operations June 4. The B-1s conducted missions with inert Quickstrike Mark 62 mines, providing U.S. and …
