JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Their waterlogged footsteps were historic. That thought, however, most likely wasn't on the Soldiers' minds as they stepped ashore from rocking landing craft onto the French coast. Instead, the focus for most Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, Virginia Army National Guard, was simply making it across the beach -- Omaha Beach -- a  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Dr. Jacob Sherwood, Pacific West District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Amber Dumond as Instructional Systems Specialist for Pre-K. Ms. Amber Dumond has served as an educator in Texas and Arkansas for more than a decade before joining DoDEA in 2018 as an Educational Technologist in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Prior to transitioning to the  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, June 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Felix A. Figueroa, DLA Public Affairs A Foreign Military Sales Summit brought together stakeholders from the operational and financial communities to address audit processes May 16 at Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters. Representatives from the military services, DLA and Defense Security Cooperation Agency discussed their use of multi-domain data and analytics software  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: The 2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey is available now for eligible Department of the Air Force employees and is open for submissions through June 28. First conducted in 2002, the FEVS is a government-wide, Office of Personnel Management-administered survey for federal civilian employees. Feedback from the FEVS allows the DAF to maximize its strengths and adjust where needed to improve work en  more

FORT BELVOR, Virginia, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command issued the following news: By Michael A. Parker The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) honored those who have paid the ultimate price in service to the nation during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Nolan Building, May 23. The official party, led by Maj. Gen. Timothy D. Brown, INSCOM commanding general; Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeremy M. Sager, INSCOM command chief warrant officer; and INSCOM Comma  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 7 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: * * * Second Charter Issued Under the Provisional Charter Pilot Initiative * * * The National Credit Union Administration has granted a federal charter and Share Insurance Fund coverage to Fair Break Federal Credit Union in Memphis, Tenn. Fair Break Federal Credit Union is the second federal credit union to receive a charter under the NCUA's provisional charter pilot i  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 6 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: * * * NCUA Releases First Quarter 2024 Credit Union System Performance Data * * * According to the latest financial performance data released today by the National Credit Union Administration, total assets in federally insured credit unions rose by $96 billion, or 4.4 percent, over the year ending in the first quarter of 2024 to $2.31 trillion. During the same period, t  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that July 1 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans for losses due to drought that began on Sept. 5, 2023. The declaration covers the counties of Allegany, Carroll, Frederick,  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that certain Private Non-Profit organizations (PNPs) in West Virginia that do not provide critical services of a governmental nature may be eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans for damages as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred on April 2-6  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Terrylle Blackstone, 36, of Woodbridge, Virginia, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in a conspiracy that fraudulently promised thousands of homeowners across the U.S. legal help in avoiding foreclosure. The scheme generated at least $15 million for the conspirators but never provided any legal services to the client-victims. The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Mat  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release: Timothy A. Ward, 42, of St. Albans, was sentenced today to eight years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Ward and his wife, Sarah J. Ward, distributed methamphetamine or aided and abett  more