EGLIN AFB, Florida, May 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Abigail Duell, 33rd Fighter Wing Public Affairs The 33rd Fighter Wing hosted the second inaugural Aircrew Human Performance Summit in Fort Walton Beach, FL, April 29 - May 3, 2024. The conference brought together subject matter experts within the aircrew performance community in an effort to re-optimize for great power competition. Aircrew performance teams are c  more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, May 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: On May 1, 2024, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District, joined by partners from the Florida Inland Navigation District (FIND), U.S. Coast Guard, and various stakeholders, embarked on the vessel named Florida II to conduct inspections along segments of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterways (IWW). While unconventional, the ship provided an inv  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, May 13 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - On May 10 - 12 Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, traveled to Israel to meet with Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi and several other Israeli organizations to discuss the situation in Gaza, the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Gazan citizens, and regional security. He also met with U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Ambassador   more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, May 14 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: The 6th Ranger Training Battalion held an open house event May 11 at their compound on Eglin's range. The event was a chance for the public to learn how Rangers train and operate. The event displays showed equipment, weapons, a reptile zoo, face painting and weapon firing among others. The demonstrations showed off hand-to-hand combat, a parachute jump, snake show, and Rangers in action. * * *  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for May 13, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken has no public appointments. * * * DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT M. CAMPBELL Deputy Secretary Campbell is on travel Florida. * * * DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCES RICHARD R. VERMA Deputy Secretary Verma attends meetings and briefings at the Department of State. * * * UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ELIZABETH M. ALLEN Under  more

SANTA ANA, California, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on May 13, 2024: A Florida man was sentenced today to 42 months in federal prison for helping the perpetrators of the March 2022 firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Orange County construct a Molotov cocktail. Xavier Batten, 21, of Brooksville, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney, who also ordered him to pay $1,000 in  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Florida man was convicted on May 10, 2024, of felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. A federal jury in the District of Columbia fo  more