NARVIK, Norway, April 25 -- The Army's 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the lead organization for all sustainment activities in Europe, issued the following news: By Maj. Vonnie Wright, 21st Theater Sustainment Command The 21st Theater Sustainment Command and 598th Transportation Brigade of the Army's Surface Deployment Distribution Command, alongside their Norwegian Allies makes history today by setting the theater for the first time here during the Defender 2024 exercise April 24, 2024. Th  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: MORRISTOWN, N.J. - Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) welcomed Veterans Affairs (VA) Undersecretary for Health Dr. Shereef Elnahal to Morristown to discuss the VA's plans to restore a Vet Center Community Access Point (CAP) in Morristown and establish a Vet Center Outstation in Hackettstown. The CAP and Outstation will expand access to critical mental health care resources to veterans in Northwest NJ  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: CASPER, WY - A bill honoring the life and legacy of former Shoshoni Postmaster Dessie A. Bebout passed the United States Senate unanimously this week. The legislation, introduced by U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), honors Dessie Bebout by naming the local post office in Shoshoni, Wyoming after her. Bebout passed away last year at the age of 102. Bebout  more

IRVING, Texas, April 25 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: Eight Big 12 women's golf teams received selections to the regional portion of the 2024 NCAA DI Women's Golf Championship, announced Wednesday by the NCAA. This marks the fifth year that the Conference has had six or more teams claim bids to the postseason event. With the addition of four individual golfers, 11 of 13 teams will be represented at regional locations. Kansas received the No  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 25 (TNSres) -- CNA, a research and analysis organization, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: * * * A CNA study, with support from the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation, says unmanned technology improves resilience, safety, and overall operational efficiency at any port. * * * The CNA Corporation released a report today that highlights the substantial benefits of integrating unmanned systems technology at seaports, including improvements   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: BREMERTON, Wash. - Motisola McKinnon, workforce development branch head, Code 1182, Command University, was recently named a recipient of the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Equal Employment Opportunity Recognition Program, Fiscal Year 2023 award cycle. McKinnon was recognized for her efforts in promoting equal opportunity and for starting and supporting the shipyard's Black, Indigenous & People o  more

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Virginia, April 25 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Jason Kaneshiro, DCMA Eastern Region Public Affairs Defense Contract Management Agency established its newest contract management office, Radars and Sensors, during a standup ceremony at agency headquarters April 17. The new CMO consolidates contractor oversight activities of six disestablished offices and is intended to more closely align the agency's work to the requirements of the m  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: The Department of the Navy (DON) is using data to improve resilience and readiness by ensuring that the Navy and Marine Corps is getting the most out of the resources they rely on for quality of life, training, logistics, and combat support: energy and water. The DON has launched an online dashboard called the Energy & Water Analysis Tool (EWAT) that displays timely, accurate installation energy operational data that supp  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Student engineering teams from Princeton, Washington College and the University of Alabama have won first place in their respective events at the "Promoting Electric Propulsion" (PEP) boat races, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). In just six years, this electric boat-building competition has grown from a single university to 34, with more than 200 students   more

CAMP AGUINALDO, Philippines, April 25 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: Exercise Balikatan 2024, the largest annual bilateral exercise conducted between the Philippines and the U.S., commenced with an opening ceremony at Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Headquarters today. * * * This year's exercise marks the 39th iteration of the annual event, showcasing the ironclad Alliance and enduring friendship between the two nations. * * * During Bal  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By C. Todd Lopez, DOD News Recruiters across the U.S. military are challenged every day to bring young people into service. But the chief of naval operations said she thinks the Navy has what young people are looking for -- if only they knew more about it. "All the services are facing some challenges in recruiting, and it's really broader than that," said Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti, who spoke yesterday at the Cen  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 24 -- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems issued the following news release: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) confirms that its Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) destroyed static targets in live-fire tests on April 13, 2024, validating the system's battlefield relevance and recording another milestone for the demonstrator aircraft. GA-ASI partnered with Dillon Aero to mount two of Dillon's DAP-6 Gun Pod Systems onto the Mojave aircraft. Moja  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, April 25 (TNSres) -- High Point University issued the following news release: Alexa Young, a junior chemistry major from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, has received the highly prestigious Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The SMART Scholarship is for undergraduate and graduate students in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering who are working on research projects impacting   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 24 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Washington, District of Columbia has been assigned a patent (No. US 11965265 B1, initially filed Jan. 30, 2020) developed by David Sapiro, King George, Virginia, and Gabriel Bjerke, King George, Virginia, for "Hybrid electro-processing of a metal workpiece."  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement after voting to pass a national security supplemental funding package: "Our national security is at its strongest when we link arms with our allies. I'm glad to help Congress finally pass legislation to provide Ukraine with much-needed support in the fight against Putin's in  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Today, Arizona Senator, Navy combat veteran, and Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees member Mark Kelly released the following statement after the Senate passed a national security package that includes support for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan: "At a dangerous time for our national security, tonight Republicans and Democrats in Congress finally stepped up to support Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Nick LaLota, R-New York, issued the following news release: STONY BROOK, NY - Today, Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Suffolk County) honored Stony Brook's Nate Bruckenthal, who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to our great nation on April 24th, 2004. Last week, LaLota spoke on the House floor to honor Bruckenthal. "Nate Bruckenthal epitomized the highest ideals of selflessness and sacrifice, consistently placing his country's needs above his own life. His courageous acti  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 24 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Washington, District of Columbia has been assigned a patent (No. US 11965715 B2, initially filed Oct. 31, 2022) developed by Aaron Boyd Cole, Bloomington, Indiana, and John D. Rodriguez, San Diego, California, for "Long distance shooting tool for target identification, communication, and ballistic data."  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Indian Head, Maryland - A robot dog trotted down the hallway of the College of Southern Maryland's (CSM) Velocity Center as dozens of excited faces watched in awe at the CSM Art of Innovation Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (STEAM) Festival, April 20. The dog, two explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots and a fighter pilot ejection seat were just some of the technologies sho  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 24 -- The Pennsylvania Democratic Party issued the following news on April 23, 2024: Today in Pittsburgh, Mayor Ed Gainey and the United Steelworkers continued the Don't Trust Dave Tour by holding a press conference calling out David McCormick's record of prioritizing China over U.S. workers, supporting a ban on abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest, and lying about where he lives. They also reacted to a recent New York Times report exposing David McCor  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Republican Attorneys General Association issued the following news: The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA)-endorsed candidate, Dave Sunday, secured victory in today's Republican primary election for Pennsylvania Attorney General. Sunday, a United States Navy veteran, currently serves as the elected District Attorney of York County and leads a team of prosecutors and detectives who are responsible for investigating and prosecuting more than 9,000 criminal  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following statement on April 24, 2024, by Secretary Carlos Del Toro: Secretary Carlos Del Toro issued a message authorizing Combat Awards and Devices for the Red Sea Area. The geographic area enclosed by the latitude and longitude coordinates below, and the air space above, is an area within which may be awarded: the Combat Action Ribbon (CAR); personal military decorations that include the "V" and "C" devices (including the Bronze Star Medal wi  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro today met the United States Naval Academy (USNA) Men's and Women's Rugby Team, helping to kick off the U.S. Rugby Diplomacy initiative. Rugby Diplomacy was announced as part of President Biden's Pacific Island Forum Summit held last fall where midshipmen from the USNA Rugby team travel to the Pacific Islands beginning in May for rugby exhibiti  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "The Posture of the Department of the Navy in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program" at 9:30 a.m. on April 30, 2024, at G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy * Admiral Lisa M. Franchetti, USN, Chief of Naval Operations * General Eric M. Smith, USMC, Command  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the highest-ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee released the following statements: On passage of the national security supplemental: "Eighty years ago, few Americans knew the names of Pearl Harbor and Normandy. But because of our failure to take deterrence seriously, they soon would. Today the world is talking about Kyiv, Tel Aviv, and Taipei.   more

CASPER, Wyoming, April 25 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: A bill honoring the life and legacy of former Shoshoni Postmaster Dessie A. Bebout passed the United States Senate unanimously this week. The legislation, introduced by U.S. Senators John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.), honors Dessie Bebout by naming the local post office in Shoshoni, Wyoming after her. Bebout passed away last year at the age of 102. B  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Baltimore District issued the following news release: With the removal of a 560-ton section of structural steel on April 22, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has cleared enough wreckage from a 35-foot-deep Limited Access Channel (LAC), in accordance with USACE's commitment to deliver it by the end of April. The LAC runs the northern portion of the wider and federal channel, which has been blocked since the March 26 collap  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Petty Officer 1st Class Evan Thompson U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) hosted the Executive Management Advisory Panel for focus groups between the Navy's most senior career civilian executives and the Navy's civilian workforce who work in direct support of fleet operations. The focus groups highlighted the importance of the civilian component to the fleet's day-to-day operations and created  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: HONOLULU -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command service members and Pearl Harbor National Park Service employees attended the memorial ceremony in honor of the last survivor from USS Arizona, Louis Al. (Lou) Conter, on April 23, 2024. The ceremony was held at the same time as his burial service in Green Valley, California, where he was laid to rest next to his late wife of 45 years, Valerie. H  more

MANAMA, Bahrain, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, and others gathered at Naval Support Activity Bahrain April 24 to observe the 20th anniversary of the lives lost when three USS Firebolt crewmembers thwarted an attack on critical Iraqi oil platforms during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The ceremony honors the lives of U.S. Navy Sailors Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli and Signalman 2nd Class Christopher E. Wat  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on April 24, 2024: By Matthew Olay, DOD News The U.S. military is at its best when its separate branches are working together. That was the resonant message communicated by the vice chairmen of the U.S. armed forces' six branches during a panel discussion today at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. With a theme of "Preparing U.S. Military Forces for Competition and Contestation," t  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) recently became the first ship running a fully virtualized Aegis Combat System to successfully intercept an air target with a missile. Achieved during the ship's final phase of Combat System Ship Qualification Trials, this milestone marks a significant contribution to the Navy's wider effort to field a single force-level integrated combat system to al  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 25 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following community news: By Eric S. Bartelt West Point Public Affairs Specialist The West Point Sexual Harassment Assault Response Prevention (SHARP) team hosted the Walk A Mile in observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) April 24 at the Beat Navy Tunnel and sidewalk area along Eisenhower Hall. The West Point community, cadets, staff and faculty participated in the walk to bring awareness and em  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) and U.S. Representative Mike Ezell (R-MS-04) led a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the United States Naval Construction Force, known as the "Seabees," and thanking them for their service to our country. The lead Democratic sponsors are U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and U.S. Representative Julia Brownley (D-CA-  more