NORFOLK, Virginia, June 8 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Chief Petty Officer MATTHEW JACKSON Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command, announced the 2023 USFF and Type Command (TYCOM) Fleet Sea and Shore Sailors of the Year (SOY), June 6 at the seaside Marriot Hotel in Norfolk. Adm. Daryl L. Caudle named Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (FMF/SW/AW) Sara Freeman, assigned to 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, as the 2023 Sea SOY, and Hull Technician 1st C  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: * * * Various Deadlines Postponed To Nov. 1 * * * The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in parts of West Virginia affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and mudslides that began on April 2, 2024. These taxpayers now have until Nov. 1, 2024, to file various federal indi  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has selected Amentum Services Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, to provide program, science, engineering, operations, and project management support at the agency's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. The Fully Integrated Lifecycle Mission Support Services 2 contract is a single award, hybrid contract, consisting of cost-plus-fixed-fee core requirements and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task orders. With a  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 8 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on June 7, 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 3 is the filing deadline for federal working capital loans for losses due to drought that that occurred from Jan. 1, through Aug. 11, 2023. The declaration includes the counties of Albe  more

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, June 8 -- Shaw Air Force Base issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Kelsey Owen, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Hicok assumed command of the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base on June 7. Hicok, who previously served as the 20th FW deputy commander, took command from Col. Kristoffer Smith, who will move on to his next assignment as the deputy director of plans, programs and requirements for Air Combat Command at Joint Base Langley-  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Two men from Virginia were sentenced to prison today after they pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their 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  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 8 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency announced it has awarded a technical assistance grant to Brazilian private water utility, Concessionaria de Saneamento do Amapa (CSA), to develop a water loss reduction master plan for the State of Amapa in northern Brazil. The project will help increase water access by expanding and modernizing the state's water distribution networ  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A dual U.S.-Russian citizen pled guilty today to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act by exporting firearm parts, components, and ammunition to Russia without the required authorization. According to court documents, from at least July 2020 to 2023, Dimitry Timashev, 58, coordinated with an associate in Russia to send weapon part  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, June 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: A Honduran national was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. According to court documents, early on the morning of June 20, 2023, officers with the Virginia Beach Police Department (VBPD) responded to a report of an un  more