WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: By Lt. Col. J. Elizabeth Peace, Public Affairs Officer, Georgia Wing Gen. David W. Allvin knows there's something special about being known by a number. The 23rd chief of staff of the Air Force even signs his name with an accompanying "#23." "There's a reason I do that," he said during the Spaatz Association's 20th Annual Midwinter Gala on March 2 in Washington, D.C. "I need to honor what No. 22 d  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, March 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kisha Foster Johnson, 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office Defending the invisible battlefield against adversaries is a mission of Team Robins members in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Positioning, Navigation and Timing Program Office. One area of focus is using the encrypted M-Code, which modernizes the Global Positioning System to make it a more secure military signal. T  more

GAINESVILLE, Georgia, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a federal court complaint against a Lawrenceville pesticide and agricultural chemical manufacturer after the company allegedly terminated a worker's employment in retaliation for filing a safety and health complaint with the department. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the co  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, March 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia issued the following news release: An Atlanta man who provided phony documentation to receive small business pandemic relief payments has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay the funding. Kemar Clarke Jr., 28, of Atlanta, has been sentenced to eight months in prison and ordered to pay $41,665 in restitution, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. U.S  more

SAVANNAH, Georgia, March 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges. "Illegally possessed firearms continue to present a challenge for law enforcement  more

ATHENS, Georgia, March 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: A Pennsylvania resident convicted of federal charges resulting from the lengthy investigation into the shooting death of an Oconee County, Georgia, man was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 30 years in prison for his crimes in federal court today. Ahkil Nasir Crumpton aka "Crump," 26, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to the statuto  more

FORT MEADE, Maryland, March 19 -- The National Security Agency Central Security Service issued the following news release: For the third consecutive year, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) took first place in the National Security Agency (NSA) sponsored Codebreaker Challenge (CBC). The CBC is designed to develop and test students' skills in reverse engineering, computer programming, forensics, and vulnerability analysis with increasingly difficult mission-oriented scenarios th  more