FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, July 17 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT BUCHANAN, Puerto Rico On Saturday, July 13, 2024, Brig. Gen. Carlos E. Gorbea, commanding officer of the U.S. Army Reserve, 1st Mission Support Command in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, hosted the change of responsibility ceremony for Command Sgt. Maj. Lorraine Smith. This marks the first time in over 100-year history that a female assumes the role of command sergeant maj  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Contract Audit Agency issued the following news: Fort Belvoir, Va. - DCAA recently announced the winners of annual awards in the professional support staff and administrative technical categories. The Administrative/Technical Employee of the Year Award is presented to someone whose made significant contributions that follow certain criteria for each category. Many awardees accomplish major contributions to DCAA's mission, exemplif  more

SPACE BASE DELTA I, Colorado, July 18 -- Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base issued the following news: By Brooke Nevins, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Public Affairs PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command deputy commander for operations formally joined the general officer ranks during a promotion ceremony July 12, 2024 at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. While Brig. Gen. John L. Dawber received his first star during the cerem  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 18 -- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command issued the following news: By Steve Warns, U.S. Army Installation Management Command Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas - The U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program presents unique opportunities for elite Soldier-Athletes to achieve their Olympic dreams. Starting July 26 and ending Sept. 8, five of WCAP's best Soldier-Athletes will go for the gold in the Summer Games and Paralympics. Here   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Capt. Christopher K. Matassa relieved Capt. Matthew L. Tardy during a change of command ceremony at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Maryland, July 17, 2024. Carderock's outgoing commanding officer, Tardy, and Rear Adm. Todd Evans, Commander, Naval Surface Warfare Center/Naval Undersea Warfare Center, welcomed Matassa into the new position at Carderock's Raye Montague Center for Ma  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Laurel Technologies Partnership, doing business as DRS Laurel Technologies, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is awarded a maximum $417,221,175 fixed-price-incentive-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for development, integration, and production of hardware solutions. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (85.6%); t  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

SAN JOSE, California, July 18 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Francisco Division issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California has filed a series of federal criminal complaints charging three defendants with possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl in Santa Cruz County, announced United States Attorney Ismail Ramsey and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Brian Clark  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief on July 16, 2024: * * * Employer name: KDK Transport Co. Investigation site: 203 Front St. W., Coeburn, Virginia Investigation findings: Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found the non-emergency medical transport company applied the Motor Carrier Exemption mistakenly and, by doing so, failed to combine all hours worked by drivers, including driving  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SILVER SPRING, Md. Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore apprehended a 25-year-old unlawfully present national of Chad who was convicted locally for accessory after the fact of murder first degree and unlawful possession of a firearm. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore's Fugitive Operations Team arrested Hisseine Gombo-Tchouli July 3 near his resid  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued the following wrap up on July 16, 2024: Francis Scott Key Bridge News and Updates At approximately 1:30 a.m. ET on March 26, 2024, a cargo ship leaving the Port of Baltimore in Baltimore, MD struck the (I-695) Francis Scott Key Bridge. This caused a collapse of the bridge. Please continue to check this page regularly for related updates affecting commercial motor vehicles, includin  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 18 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * The Commonwealth's Department of Historic Resources has launched a special grant program to prepare historic landmarks and history museums for visitors in 2026, which will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that the Virginia 250 Preservation Fund has been launched ahead of the 250th anniversary of th  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 18 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * Speyside Bourbon Cooperage, Inc. to build its fourth Virginia facility, purchase $7 million in Virginia-grown forest products * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today that Speyside Bourbon Cooperage, Inc. will invest $16.85 million to build a new stave mill in Pittsylvania County's Brosville Industrial Park, the company's fourth facility in Virginia. The new stave mi  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 18 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on July 17, 2024: * * * Eligible businesses may now apply for third and final round of grant funding available from the PRIME Fund * * * Governor Janet Mills announced today that Maine technology companies may now apply for $7 million in grant funding from her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to help them create jobs and drive sustainable growth across Maine's innovation economy. Applications are now open for the fina  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 18 -- The National Credit Union Administration posted the following joint news release on July 17, 2024, with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve System: Six federal regulatory agencies today issued a final rule, pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, designed to help ensure the   more