JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Families, friends, and coworkers said farewell and good luck to Chief Master Sgt. Justin Apticar, 19th Air Force command chief, during his retirement ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, on June 7, 2024. Brig. Gen. Ryan Messer, director of plans at Headquarters Air Force in presided over the ceremony. Apticar's career in the Air Forc  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, June 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Benjamin Faske, 19th Air Force Public Affairs Families, friends, and coworkers said farewell and good luck to Chief Master Sgt. Justin Apticar, 19th Air Force command chief, during his retirement ceremony here June 7, 2024. Brig. Gen. Ryan Messer, director of plans at Headquarters Air Force in Washington, D.C., presided over the ceremony. Apticar's career in t  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, June 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Keira Rossman, 47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs 47th Flying Training Wing (FTW) Airmen bid farewell to Col. James Blech, prior commander of the 47th Operations Group (OG), and welcomed Col. Joseph McCane, current commander of the 47th OG, during a change of command ceremony here, May 31, 2024. Col. Kevin Davidson, 47th FTW commander, presided over the ce  more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, June 11 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Mark Wyatt, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs Members of the workforce are invited to attend a change of command ceremony at which Col. Taona Enriquez will relinquish command of the 66th Air Base Group to Col. Jorge Jimenez July 10 at 9 a.m. in the Aero Club Hangar. Lt. Gen. Donna Shipton, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, will preside over the ceremony. Jimenez m  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, June 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: Air Force officials selected 6,914 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 35,328 eligible for a selection rate of 19.57 percent in the 24E6 promotion cycle, which includes supplemental promotion opportunities. Senior Raters will be granted access to the select lists via the Virtual Enlisted Promotion Release (EPROM) application on June 11. The technical sergean  more

GALVESTON, Texas, June 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Galveston District issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) will host a public open house from 4 to 6 p.m., July 10, 2024, at the Trini Mendenhall Community Center (1414 Wirt Road, Houston, Texas 77055) to provide information and receive public input on the Addicks and Barker Master Plan and Environmental Assessment. The meeting will be an open house format  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * Employers kept parts of workers' tips, leading to wage violations * * * Employers name: X.M. Investment LLC, Beemer Investments LLC, both operating as Crackin' Crab Investigation sites: 4959 Pan American Freeway NE, Suite C, Albuquerque, NM 87114 2100 Louisiana Blvd. NE, Suite 413, Albuquerque, NM 87114 Investigation findings: The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Divis  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: As part of its ongoing modernization efforts, the Department of the Air Force chief information officer, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, is accelerating initiatives to provide Guardians, Airmen, civilian employees, and contractors the ability to responsibly experiment with Generative AI, with adequate safeguards in place. DAF s  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 10 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. - With every individual joining the armed forces comes a unique story. People from all backgrounds bring a new perspective and skills to the military, making each individual's contribution invaluable to the overall strength and effectiveness of the armed forces. U.S. Army Sgt. Alec Perez from the 370th Transportation Company was born and raised in Texa  more

MACON, Georgia, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: The leader of a violent drug trafficking organization (DTO) who directed approximately 2,000 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico into the U.S.--much of which was distributed into the Middle District of Georgia--was sentenced to two life sentences in prison for his crimes today. Albert Ross aka "Big," 53, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was sentenced to serv  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Immigration and Customs Enforcement today announced new measures to increase the overall capacity of enforcement resources -- including repatriation flights and detention capacity. These efforts support the implementation of the Presidential Proclamation announced on June 4, 2024, and joint Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice Interim Fina  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3114): * * * In Re: AT&T Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel: Plaintiff in one action (Petroski) moves under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of Texas. This litigation consists of twelve putative class actions pending in two districts, the Northern District of Texas and the Western District of Oklahoma, as  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas convicted a Texas pharmacist last Friday after a retrial for unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances at a now-shuttered pharmacy. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Hieu "Tom" Truong, 60, of Houston, was the pharmacist-in-charge at S&S Pharmacy in Houston. In just 18 months, Truong and his acco  more

LAUGHLIN AFB, Texas, June 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Laughlin Air Force Base (47th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Keira Rossman, 47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs 47th Flying Training Wing (FTW) Airmen bid farewell to Col. James Blech, prior commander of the 47th Operations Group (OG), and welcomed Col. Joseph McCane, current commander of the 47th OG, during a change of command ceremony here, May 31, 2024. Col. Kevin Davidson, 47th FTW commander, pre  more

TWENTYNINE PALMS, California, June 11 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Quiarra Barros, PEO Land Systems Approximately 4,279 Marines and Sailors from Marine Forces Reserve are mobilizing from across the country to form Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23 and conduct Integrated Training Exercise 4-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center here, from June 8-25, 2024. ITX is a live-fire exercise combining infantry, artillery, aircraft, combat logistics,   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: More than 400 in-person and virtual guests attended the Mission and Installation Contracting Command change of command ceremony on June 7 in front of the historic Long Barracks at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Maj. Gen. Douglas Lowrey relinquished command to Col. Freddy Adams in the ceremony officiated by Brig. Gen. Christine Beeler  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that NICHOLAS TARTAGLIONE was sentenced today to four consecutive life sentences for his leadership role in the 2016 murders of Martin Luna, Urbano Santiago, Miguel Luna, and Hector Gutierrez. TARTAGLIONE, who is a former police officer, orchestrated the kidnappi  more

NEW YORK, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Darcel D. Clark, the Bronx County District Attorney, announced today that, on the morning he was scheduled to begin trial, FELIX HERRERA GARCIA pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death and serious bodily injury, as well as possession of narc  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news: By Randy Roughton, U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications During U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Clark's four-year tenure as U.S. Air Force Academy superintendent, he delivered landmark achievements such as the Developing Leaders of Character Manual and the Let's Be Clear campaign to reset the culture around dignity and respect. For the Class of 2024, he will always be the "cadets' superintend  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 11 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: By Zach Wright MILITARY STAR(R) cardmembers can earn double the rewards and stay cool for the summer on every purchase that includes a refreshing, non-alcoholic beverage from any Army & Air Force Exchange Service Express. Through July 31, cardmembers will earn four points per $1 on all purchases that include a non-alcoholic beverage at the Express. MILITARY STAR shoppers automatically receiv  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 11 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today lauded the strength of the booming Texas economy at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the world's largest Buc-ee's travel center in Luling. This new 75,000-square-foot convenience store replaces the original Buc-ee's in Luling, which was the company's first large family travel center. Following the ribbon cutting ceremony, Governor Abbott toured the new store, includ  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A federal judge has returned a guilty verdict against a local man for making threats to injure a U.S. senator, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, after careful deliberation, found Issac Ambe Nformangum, 24, guilty on one count of interstate communications with a threat to injure following a two-hour stipulated bench tria  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas issued the following news release on June 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Attorneys for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas announced "Operation Texas Kill Switch," a statewide initiative targeting illegal machinegun conversion devices, colloquially known as "switches." At simultaneous press conferences throughout the state, U.S. Attorneys Leigha Simonton, Alamdar Hamdani, Damien Digg  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following oversight report (No. 23-02186-97) on May 30, 2024, entitled "Follow-up Information Security Inspection at the VA Financial Services Center in Austin, Texas." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive Summary Information security controls protect VA systems and data from unauthorized access, use, modification, or destruction. To determine compliance with the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of   more