17 August 2020 Vehicle Maintenance Provides Steady Support KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Across the globe, COVID-19 is challenging Airmen to maintain mission effectiveness in new and unique ways. With operations still going at a record pace, support service elements are meeting this challenge with just as much tenacity.Members of the 18th Logistics Readiness...
17 August 2020 Alaska Army Guard MP Keeps Marksmanship Skills Sharp during TAG Match JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Dressed in his usual uniform but adding kevlar body armor and a combat helmet, Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Carlos Polidura, a military police Soldier with the Military Police Ground Based Interceptor Security Company at Fort Greely, stood out.His stern...
14 August 2020 DOD Official Discusses Conditions-Based Reopenings, Future of Telework WASHINGTON -- Conditions-based reopenings have worked well for the Defense Department to date, and the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness anticipates the same stringent requirements will remain in place.Matthew Donovan, whose Pentagon office is the epicenter of DOD's anti-COVID-19...
14 August 2020 Special Warfare Gets a Level Up JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- After a 1,500-feet leap of faith to the ground, a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airman is responsible for directing airstrikes at the right time and place.The three-day flight event was the 25th Air Support Operations Squadron's (ASOS) mid-year progress...
14 August 2020 U.S. Launches New Biodiversity Project to Protect the Philippines’ Environment MANILA, Philippines -- The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), launched the Philippines Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans, and Landscapes (SIBOL) project that will support the sustainable management of the country’s natural...