RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: * * * Bracer Forge builds warrior mindset for 81st Training Group Airmen * By Senior Airman Kurstyn Canida * 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- More than 2,000 Airmen from the 81st Training Group traded classrooms and technical equipment for rucksacks and tactical gear during the first iteration of Bracer Forge at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers seeks comments on Lock and Dam 7 dredging (Lower approach to Lock and Dam 7) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft Environmental Assessment, or EA, for two proposed routine dredge cuts within Pool 8 of the Mississippi River, near Lock and Dam 7 in La Crescent, Minnesota. Removing river sand from the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH & KLOBUCHAR ANNOUNCE EXPANDED SENATE VETERINARY MEDICINE CAUCUS * Senators Announce Bipartisan Group Focused on Boosting Veterinary Medicine Roles in Public Health, Food Supply & Medical Research WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today announced the 119th Congress membership of the Senate Veterinary Medicine Caucus, which they  more

VENICE, Louisiana, Aug. 6 -- Boat Owners Association of the U.S. issued the following news release: * * * TowBoatUS Expands in Louisiana with 3 New Ports on the Mississippi Delta TowBoatUS Lafitte, TowBoatUS Venice, TowBoatUS Grand Isle Louisiana grow nationwide towing fleet that helps boaters get home safely * Professional 24/7 on-water assistance for boaters and anglers on the Mississippi River Delta is now available with the opening of three new TowBoatUS ports. Capts. Kyle Potts and Chr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a document titled 'Assessment and Validation of Depressions in Digital Elevation Models From Multiple Elevation Data Sources and Delineation of Depressions, Sinking Streams, and Their Watersheds in Tennessee and Parts of Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.' The report, authored by David E. Ladd and John K. Carmichael, is designated as Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5134. The   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has published a new report, "Hydraulic Conductivity and Transmissivity Estimates from Slug Tests in Wells Within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, Arkansas and Mississippi, 2020." The report, designated as Scientific Investigations Report 2023-5101, was authored by Aaron L. Pugh as part of the Water Availability and Use Science Program. The study's goal was to estimate hydraulic conductivity (K) and transmissivity (T) for the Missi  more