WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The new Defense Civilian Training Corps pilot program provides 100% tuition scholarships and monthly stipends through an ROTC-like development program preparing undergraduate students for a direct path into the Defense Department's acquisition-related civilian careers. The program incorporates a defense-focused, active-learning curriculum along with project-based summer internships at DOD organizations. Ninety   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, Gary Restaino, issued the following news release: Patrick Green, 48, of Longview, Texas, was sentenced last week by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 14 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $226,146 in restitution. Green pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud. Green was the final co-conspirator to be sentenced in this case. Jonathan Blake, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, and Bethany Helene Gr  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman William Turnbull, 355th Wing Public Affairs The 355th Maintenance Group now has a facility where MXG Airmen can foster their resilience and take advantage of resources that would normally be geographically separated from the flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 5, 2023. With the completion of the Center of Resilience Airme  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: * * * Funds support out-of-school time organizations, focused on rural populations * * * To support workforce development programs that prepare young people and help them access good-paying careers, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $14 million in grants to seven organizations in five states to deliver workforce services when y  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities culminated in the extradition of a human smuggler, who allegedly operated in Mexicali on the U.S.-Mexico border for several years as part of an international human smuggling conspiracy. In March, Ofelia Hernandez-Salas, 61, was arrested in Mexico pursuant to a U.S. request for her extradition and surrendered  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Senior Airman Vaughn Weber, 355 WG/PA Airmen from Davis-Monthan and other participating bases across the U.S. participated in Exercise Cope Thunder 23-2 in the Philippines, July 5-21, 2023. The expectations of CT 23-2 were to strengthen U.S. and Indo-Pacific relationships and interoperability with tactical units while bolstering combat capability. It showed the Philippine Air Force how the U.S. Ai  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following media note on Sept. 6, 2023, from the Office of the Spokesperson: * * * At the 2023 U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Vice President Harris joined with the leaders of ASEAN in announcing their intent to establish, through a public-private partnership, a U.S.-ASEAN Center in Washington, D.C. To that end, the State Department has established a public-private partnership with Arizona State University (ASU) to launch the   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Michael Ortiz, 70, of Tucson, Arizona was sentenced by United States District Judge Raner C. Collins on August 29, 2023, to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Ortiz pleaded guilty to Transportation of Illegal Aliens for Profit. Ortiz also was sentenced to 12 months of consecutive imprisonment for violating conditions of his federal supervise  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release: Nina Buendia, Patricia Garcia, Kayloni Guerra, Ernesto Martin, Michael Cory Norris, and Mount Vernon Robinson of Sells, Arizona, and Travis Lopez of Covered Wells, Arizona, were indicted last week on charges of Distribution of Fentanyl or Methamphetamine. The indictments mark the conclusion of a community impact initiative on the Tohono O'odham Nation that started in August  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2023: Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Erika Lopez-Garcia, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Gabriel Rubio-Quevedo, 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, were sentenced today in federal court in Omaha for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. During separate sentencing hearings, United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Lopez-Garcia and Ru  more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Arizona, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Capt. Brian Tuthill, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit completed training in Reno, Nevada, Aug. 24 to conduct U.S. Embassy reinforcement and noncombatant evacuation operation missions. The scheduled training was supported by Department of State advisors at Army National Guard Base Reno-Stead, Nevada, and was not related t  more