FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: PITTSBURGH - The site of shovels and heavy equipment was nothing new for Soldiers as they scooped dirt from various holes into wheel barrels, then dumped each load onto an ever-growing mound. Soldiers regularly dig foxholes or fighting positions in the field. Except, they were not building defense or firing positions for a typical training exercise surrounded by enemy forces. Ins  more

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, North Carolina, June 27 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Leaders and stakeholders from Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) and the North Carolina Global TransPark gathered at the Kinston facility June 25 to celebrate breaking ground for a new aviation maintenance complex set to house the depot's incoming military aircraft workload. Groundwork on the 75-acre site began in April to prepare the area for new construction  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: A California man was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for attempting to transport over 2 kilograms of heroin by train from Bernalillo County to North Carolina. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, on February 26, 2021, Mario A. Serna was apprehended as a passenger on a train, where he was found in pos  more

FORT LIBERTY, North Carolina, June 27 -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command issued the following news: By Jason Ragucci During a ceremony held at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, on June 18, 2024, Duke Energy Progress LLC presented a first-of-its-kind deal that will provide 4.8 million megawatt hours of carbon-pollution-free power to five of the largest military sites in the region until 2041. In a groundbreaking announcement, officials revealed a landmark agreement between the Defense Department an  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau today announced a settlement to resolve its investigation into whether Verizon Wireless violated FCC rules by failing to deliver 911 calls during an outage in December 2022, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. As Congress and the Commission have found, robust and reliable 911 service i  more