U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cody Smith, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 22, 2019. Smith received the nation’s third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for […]

PACIFIC OCEAN (November 18, 2019) USS Nimitz Intelligence Officers and Cryptological Technicians discuss the importance of their work, then and now. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Greg Hall) Subscribe to Dr. Justin Imel, Sr. by Email Transcript An intelligence officer is a naval officer who collects and analyzes foreign intelligence in […]

The newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) arrives at its new homeport in San Diego for the first time. Subscribe to Dr. Justin Imel, Sr. by Email

Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Kevin Caron from Commander, Submarine Group 7 describes the unwritten past, present, and future of the submarine sanctuary at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. Subscribe to Dr. Justin Imel, Sr. by Email Transcript I’m Chief Caron. I work at Submarine Group 7, and this is the Yokosuka Submarine Sanctuary. The sanctuary is designed […]

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CLDJ-HOA) and Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) military members train together on combatives capabilities in Djibouti, November 8-9, 2019. Over the the two-day joint training, military members were guided by U.S. Army and Japanese combatives instructors on how to perform maneuvers correctly; while strengthening the […]