JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Lt. Gen. Brian S. Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, shared his perspective on how the command is building an expanded, people-focused footprint in support of the service's efforts to reoptimize for Great Power Competition during an Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference panel at National Harbor, Maryland, on Se  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: By Beth Reece FORT BELVOIR, Va.(AFNS) -- Readiness-based support and a formal governance structure for aligning supply requirements are expected benefits of a new agreement between the Space Force and Defense Logistics Agency. DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly and Space Force Chief Operations Officer Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, signed the agreement Sept. 18 at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: STERLING, Va. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Honduran man at Washington Dulles International Airport on Tuesday who was wanted in Maryland on felony child sex abuse charges. Officers arrested Milton Ovidio Martinez Hernandez, 43, as he attempted to board a flight to Panama. Martinez Hernandez was wanted by Montgomery County, Maryland, Polic  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 20 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service issued the following news: * * * NOAA Atlas 14 is the authoritative source for precipitation frequency information; used in flood risk management and infrastructure design * * * NOAA's National Weather Service has updated Atlas 14 with Volume 12, covering Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Volume 12 covers a range of storm durations, from 5 minutes to 60 days, and average annual recur  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news on Sept. 19, 2024: A report issued this week by the National Institutes of Health provides 17 recommendations (https://www.nichd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/inline-files/2024.09.16_NEC_WG_report_FINAL.pdf) (PDF 1 MB) to improve the scientific evidence around necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a gastrointestinal di  more

KEESLER AFB, Mississippi, Sept. 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Keesler Air Force Base (81st Training Wing) issued the following news: By Capt. Paige Skinner & Airman 1st Class Devyn Waits, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs Second Air Force presented its commitment to the execution of training, developing, and inspiring warfighters at the annual Air and Space Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference held at the Gaylord National Resort in Maryland, Sept. 16 - 18. The event provided first-cla  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 20 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: * * * From a "Four Seasons" garden shop to a flourishing hub for medical education and training, the Val G. Hemming Simulation Center celebrates a quarter of a century of innovation. * * * By Claire Pak The Uniformed Services University's (USU) Val G. Hemming Simulation Center (Sim Center) founded in 1999, marked its 25th anniversary just in time for Healthcare Simulation Week (September 16  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The White House issued the following readout of a roundtable on Sept. 17, 2024, with youth voting leaders: * * * Yesterday, on National Voter Registration Day, the White House hosted a roundtable discussion to hear directly from youth leaders about their nonpartisan efforts to promote youth civic engagement across the country. College and high school student leaders from Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas discussed their n  more