Nearly 2.3 million active-duty and Reserve personnel serve in the U.S. military. While most of those service members are outstanding at what they do, only a few are chosen to be their branch’s USO Service Member of the Year. Every year since 2003, one junior enlisted service member from eachContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Dec 18, 2021.- During a White House ceremony on Thursday, President Joe Biden awarded three U.S. soldiers with the Medal of Honor. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe and Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz were honored posthumously with the medal, while Army Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee received theContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Dec 17, 2021.- By any measure, the vaccination process in the military has been enormously successful with 6,540,793 shots administered with 1,915,932 service members fully vaccinated or having the first shot of a two-shot protocol. The Army released its figures today with 468,459 active-component soldiers vaccinated against COVID-19. ThisContinuar Leyendo
Washngton, Dec 13, 2021.- The Kentucky National Guard has called up more than 300 personnel to duty — including 81 in law enforcement roles, 80 in recovery support and 44 in debris clearance, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said at a press briefing today. Scores of people were killedContinuar Leyendo
U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber Flag 21-1 exercise, its largest multinational cyber exercise to date, bolstered the defensive skills of more than 200 cyber operators from 23 countries at Joint Base Suffolk, Virginia, Nov. 15-20. Washington, Dec 07, 2021.- Cyber Flag 21-1 directly supported national objectives of strengthening the international communityContinuar Leyendo
Wshington, Nov 02, 2021.- In a complex and changing security environment in the Indo-Pacific, one constant is the ironclad alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today in Seoul. The secretary and Minister of National Defense Suh Wook spokeContinuar Leyendo
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Egils Levits in Riga on Monday (29 November 2021), ahead of this week’s meeting of Foreign Ministers taking place in the Latvian capital. Riga, Dec 01, 2021.- The Secretary General praised Latvia’s commitment to NATO, saying: “you lead by example on defence spending, committingContinuar Leyendo
Ucrania pidió a los países de la OTAN reunidos en Riga medidas «de disuasión» contra Rusia, que, según los países occidentales y las autoridades de Kiev, podría estar preparando una invasión de ese país vecino. Kiev, 01 de Diciembre de 2021.- Confiamos en que, uniendo nuestros esfuerzos y actuando de maneraContinuar Leyendo
Washington, Nov 30, 2021.- The director, administration and management announced Nov. 19, 2021, the following assignment: Dr. Daniel P. Walsh, previously assigned as the acting director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, was selected to assume responsibility as the director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, effective Nov. 21, 2021.Continuar Leyendo
Washington, Nov 30, 2021.- The Pentagon announced today that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has asked for a review of the March 18, 2019, airstrikes that occurred in Al-Baghuz Fawqani, Syria, which resulted in the deaths of more than 60 civilians there. The incident took place as partContinuar Leyendo
