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A former military housing area near the Marine Corps’ newest base at Camp Blaz, Guam is the most developed of numerous missile-defense facilities in the works to protect America’s westernmost Pacific territory.

U.S. Army Pvt. Amethyst Benningfield graduated from Basic Combat Training on Aug. 24 at Ft. Sill Army Base in Lawton, Oklahoma. She graduates basic training with honors in the top

U.S. Army air defenders from 1-1 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, deployed from Japan to the Republic of Palau to conduct a Patriot live-fire exercise at Roman Tmetuchl International Airport as part of Northern Edge Exercise 23-2 last July 17, 2023.

Col. Timothy Hickman Fort Jackson hosted a change of command ceremony at Victory Field, June 15 to welcome Col. Timothy Hickman as its new garrison commander. Hickman will assume command from Col. Ryan M. Hanson, who is leaving Fort Jackson to work at Southern Command in Doral, Florida. Col. Timothy Hickman commissioned in 2000 through

A soldier recounts that time at basic training when Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston completely smoked their platoon.

A soldier recounts that time at basic training when Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston completely smoked their platoon.

U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, operate an M777 howitzer during Exercise Rolling Thunder 22-2 on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 29, 2022. This exercise is a 10th Marines-led live fire artillery event that tested the unit’s abilities to operate in a simulated littoral environment against a peer threat in a dynamic and multi-domain scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

Soldier earns Ph.D. in astrophysics, sets sights on space RADIO.COM 2/22/2021 By Jerod Hathaway, Army.mil Army Spc. Immanuel Gitamo, an Air Defense Battle Management System Operator assigned to 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wa., hopes to soon change the way humans travel to outer space. But Gitamo, a native of Nairobi, Kenya, had myriad obstacles to overcome before he would earn a doctorate in astrophysics and set his sights from below the...