JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 28 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Breanne Humphreys Air Force Installation & Mission Support Center First, it was Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 155 mph and pure destruction as the storm's eye passed directly over Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 10, 2018. A few months later and nearly 1,000 miles away, it was the icy waters of the Missouri and Platte rivers that engulfed nearly one third of   more

TYNDALL AFB, Florida, May 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Tyndall Air Force Base (325th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Magen M. Reeves Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month takes place every year in May and showcases the service and sacrifice of generations of Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians of AAPIs throughout U.S. military history. This year the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute, in partnership with the Federal Asian Pacific Am  more

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, South Carolina, May 28 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: By Julie A. Kelemen U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from Florida and Puerto Rico teamed up to assist the 841st Transportation Battalion with an offloading operation here May 14-21 on the USNS Soderman, one of the largest ships in the U.S. Navy fleet. This vessel is part of the Army Prepositioned Stock program and has traveled the world for years, carrying warfighting equipment such as tanks an  more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, May 28 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: The 780th Test Squadron and 40th Flight Test Squadron executed the third and final flight test for the Air Force's Golden Horde Vanguard program May 25th. F-16 Fighting Falcons released a total of six Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs above White Sands Missile Range. The weapons functioned as designed and successfully guided to their targets, engaging their unique autonomy algorithm and acceptin  more

GAINESVILLE, Florida, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: Roofing workers face hard work in hot weather, the risks of working at dangerous heights and, for 30 employees of a Gainesville contractor, concerns about not getting paid all of the wages they legally earned. During a recent U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation of Perry Roofing Inc. - which operates as Perry Roofing Contractors - the division found the employer violated ove  more

MACDILL AFB, Florida, May 28 -- The U.S. Air Force MacDill Air Force Base (6th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Hiram Martinez Team MacDill took another step in accelerating change and ensuring readiness when maintainers from the 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) made history by conducting MacDill's first KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft hot pit refueling, May 25, 2021. The purpose of hot-pit refueling is to keep the engine of a grounded aircraft running in  more

MACDILL AFB, Florida, May 28 -- The U.S. Air Force MacDill Air Force Base (6th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Ryan C. Grossklag As part of an ongoing effort to champion the Air Force's Aviation Inspired Mentorship (AIM) High program, Team MacDill invited 13 students from Cristo Rey Tampa Salesian High School, Tampa, to visit the 6th Medical Group, May 26, 2021. The AIM High program was enacted earlier to increase representation and diversity in all branches of   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- NASA issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 1:29 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 3, to launch its 22nd commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff will be from Launch Complex 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will deliver new solar arrays to power future work aboard the orbiting laboratory, along with new science investigations, supplie  more

MAYPORT, Florida, May 28 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) was delivered to the fleet on time after completing a Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) at Southeast Regional Maintenance Center (SERMC). This was the first-ever LCS SRA accomplished in Mayport. The availability included repairs and modernization required to sustain Milwaukee's material condition between overhauls. "Our ability to work cohesively with  more

TAMPA, Florida, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: Restaurant workers who prepare and serve sushi take great care to provide their customers a great experience. A recent investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found the operator of one Tampa sushi restaurant less than careful in how it paid wages to 12 kitchen workers and a manager. An investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division has recovered $150,749 in back wages and liquidated damage  more