Soldiers, Gold Star Families and Veterans of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) help kick off this year’s “Week of the Eagles” during a ceremony for the annual Fort Campbell Survivor Outreach Services annual Boots on the Ground Display May 20, 2022. More than 7,600 boots from all branches of service lined the lawn of […]
Defense Department Officials Hold a News Conference at the Pentagon
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley hold a news conference at the Pentagon, May 23, 2022. Transcript mhm, mm hmm. Okay. Everybody, as you know, uh Secretary hosted the second Contact group on Ukraine. He and the chairman are prepared to […]
First Operation Fly Formula Flight Arrives in the United States
A U.S. Air Force Total Force C-17 Globemaster III delivers 78,000 pounds of infant formula from Europe to Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana for further distribution, May 22, 2022. U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command expeditiously coordinated across federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug […]
USS Minneapolis-St. Paul Commissioning Ceremony
The United States Navy commissioned the USS Minneapolis-St. Paul on May 21, 2022, in Duluth Minnesota. She is the second ship named after Minnesota’s twin cities. Transcript Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the zenith city, beautiful Duluth Minnesota and the commissioning of the USs Minneapolis-St. Paul L. C. S 21. I am commander […]
Appropriations Committee Hears Testimony on Housing, Construction Budget for FY2023
Paul D. Cramer, performing the duties of assistant secretary of defense for sustainment, and others meet with the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies to testify on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for military construction and family housing, May 18, 2022. Transcript During other military construction, veterans affairs and […]