JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Daniel P. Elkins Members of the 419th Contracting Support Brigade welcomed their new command sergeant major during a change-of-responsibility ceremony July 26 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Responsibility of the brigade changed hands from Command Sgt. Maj. Cynthia Perryman to Command Sgt. Maj. T.J. Higgs during a ceremony officiated by Col. Brad Hodge, 419th CSB co  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: By Daniel P. Elkins Members of the 419th Contracting Support Brigade welcomed their new command sergeant major during a change-of-responsibility ceremony July 26 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Responsibility of the brigade changed hands from Command Sgt. Maj. Cynthia Perryman to Command Sgt. Maj. T.J. Higgs during a ceremony officiated by Col. Brad Hodge, 419th CSB commander  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * - Investigational Vaccine Proving to be Vital Tool in International Effort to Stop Second Deadliest Ebola Outbreak on Record * * * As part of the international response to the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and to meet domestic biodefense goals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: Four Paterson, New Jersey, men are charged for their roles in a scheme to break into U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail collection boxes throughout northern New Jersey and steal the mail - particularly, checks - inside, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Aneuris Henriquez-Lopez, 24, Eleazer Peralta, 19, Fernando Santiago, 26, and Rikinson Rodriguez-Sanch  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: An East Orange, New Jersey, man appeared in court today on charges of distribution of phencyclidine and marijuana, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug distribution crime, and the use of a minor to distribute drugs, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Tyree Thomas, a/k/a "Hellboy," 26, is charged by complaint with seven counts of distribution of p  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: An Ocean County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Kristie Masucci, 37, of Cedar Run, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Jud  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the New Jersey Pinelands Commission for long-term environmental and economic monitoring. The funding opportunity number is NPS-19-NERO-0112 (CFDA 15.944). For more information, contact Patrick J. Reidy, 215/597-5949.  more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Aug. 18 -- President Trump issued the following remarks before the Air Force One departure at the Morristown Municipal Airport: THE PRESIDENT: So, we had a lot of meetings yesterday on Afghanistan, on the economy -- which is doing very well. We have the strongest economy, by far, in the world. The tariffs have cost nothing, in my opinion, or certainly very little. We have import prices from, and through, July -- all the way through July. And they're down 1.8 percent so t  more

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, New Jersey, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: A Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst team leader was recognized during an award ceremony hosted here Aug. 20 for his leadership and dedication to supporting the fleet. Paul Durso, Platforms Common Support Equipment (CSE) Team lead for the Common Aviation Support Equipment (SE) Program Office, received the 2019 NAWCAD Lakehurst Program Managem  more