LITTLE ROCK AFB, Arkansas, April 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: The 19th Airlift Wing recently became the first wing to send a contingent of Airmen through the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's Multi-Capable Airmen Expeditionary Skills Training course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The newly designed MCA course was created to provide the necessary initial qualification for worldwide expeditionary operations in contested and degrad  more

MCGUIRE AFB, New Jersey, May 1 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following commentary: By Walter W. Napier III 514th Air Mobility Wing historian In September of 2010, the Central Intelligence Agency had become aware of an al Qaeda courier frequently visiting an upscale walled residence located in Abbottabad, Pakistan.[1] The CIA began devoting considerable assets to uncover who or what was hiding behind the compound's walls. Within a few months, the intelligence gathe  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, April 27 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Rachael A. Honig, issued the following news release: An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 80 months in prison for possessing large quantities of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, along with a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Joseph Brandenberger, 36, of Absecon, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Robert B. K  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, April 28 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Newark Field Office issued the following news release on April 27, 2021: Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced an Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing and conspiring with others to distribute more than 28 grams of cocaine base. Nasir Williams, 24, of Newark  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of New Jersey to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe winter storm and snowstorm from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, 2021. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sh  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 27 -- The U.S. Air Force's 514th Air Mobility Wing issued the following commentary: By Walt Napier III Historian One of the beauties of history is how many different fields it touches. There are political, military, social, economic subfields that all have historians who dissect and research these particular topics. Traditionally, historians focus their research on written sources: books, laws, policy statements, government records, news sto  more

SOMERSET, New Jersey, April 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service New Jersey office issued the following news release on April 26, 2021: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is investing $330 million in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation's water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability, including three proj  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, North Jersey, April 28 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst provided grant funding for and participated in a virtual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) camp experience for 197 underserved students in New Jersey's Atlantic City, Lakewood, Lakehurst and Toms River townships,   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 28, 2021: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of New Jersey and ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of January 31 to February 2, 2021. Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, April 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command issued the following news: Total Force Air Mobility Command leaders met physically and virtually to discuss the Command's focus on the high-end fight at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, New Jersey, April 20-22, for AMC's first in-person Phoenix Rally since October 2019. Leadership discussions focused on a host of issues required to compete and win including digital warfare, decision superi  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on April 29, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to BOC Capital Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund that will provide critical gap financing to disadvantaged entrepreneurs in   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 27, 2021: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Shalanda H. Baker, of Texas, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy, vice James Edward Campos. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy, vice Christopher Fall. Robert Farrell Bonnie, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation, vi  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 28, 2021: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Meredith Berger, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Charles Williams. Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of New Jersey, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice Carol Z. Perez. Rena Bitter, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Servic  more