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The Wreaths Across America (WAA) national Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE), has been traveling the state of Florida since October 2nd to honor Floridian veterans. The tour continues throughout the month and has several more stops planned in the state. “The goal of the Wreaths Across…
Read More Wreaths Across America’s Mobile Education Exhibit National Tour, Adds 8 Stops In Florida To Honor Veterans, And Supporters
By: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amanda Rae Moreno, Navy Office of Community Outreach A St. Petersburg, Florida, native is serving aboard USS West Virginia, one of the world’s most advanced nuclear-powered submarines. Petty Officer 2nd Class Nevin Avila, a 2016 Lakewood High School graduate,…
Read More Military Recognition: St. Petersburg Native Serves As A Member Of U.S. Navy’s “Silent Service”
Sebastian Hughes A U.S. special-operations unit and a contingent of Marines have been secretly training Taiwanese troops on the island for at least a year as China becomes increasingly aggressive in the region, The Wall Street Journal reported. The deployment is part of efforts to…
Read More REPORT: US Special Forces Secretly Deployed To Taiwan As Tensions Escalate With China
TAMPA, FL.- Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Nicole Zapata, from Tampa, Florida, signals a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60 Seahawk helicopter to lift off the flight deck of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65). Benfold is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 71/Destroyer Squadron…
Read More Military Recognition: Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Nicole Zapata, From Tampa, Florida
By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jennifer Gold, Navy Office of Community Outreach Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Pulawski, a native of Tampa, Florida, serves the U.S. Navy as a member of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 located in San Diego, California. Pulawski joined the…
Read More Military Recognition: Tampa Native Serves With One Of The Navy’s Newest Tilt-Rotor Aircraft Squadrons
U.S. lawmakers are moving closer to awarding a congressional gold medal to the 13 troops killed in the terrorist attack in Kabul last month. A measure sponsored by Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., to honor the slain troops has garnered 231 co-sponsors, including 52 Democrats. “The…
Read More Congress Seeks To Recognize Troops Slain In Kabul
By Lt. Jill Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach A Tampa, Florida, native is serving with the U.S. Navy’s cutting-edge maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft squadron in Jacksonville, Florida. Petty Officer 3rd Class Sierra DeJesus joined the Navy two years ago. Today, DeJesus serves as…
Read More Military Recognition: Tampa Native Sierra DeJesus Serves At Naval Air Station Jacksonville
ST. PETERSBURG, FL. – Chief Petty Officer Delila Edwards, a native of Saint Petersburg, Florida, serves the U.S. Navy aboard one of the country’s most versatile combat ships. Edwards joined the Navy 15 years ago. Today, Edwards serves as an information systems technician aboard USS…
Read More Military Recognition: St. Pete Native Serves Aboard One Of The Navy’s Most Versatile Combat Ships
Kendall Tietz The Taliban continued to advance across northern Afghanistan Monday, taking at least two provincial capitals, multiple provincial officials told the Associated Press. Sar-e Pul and Aybakis are the two latest northern provincial capitals to fall to the Taliban as the last of the American…
Read More Months After US Troops Begin Leaving Afghanistan, Taliban Captures Yet Another Provincial Capital
A former Air Force intelligence analyst who leaked top-secret government information on the U.S. government’s drone strike program was sentenced Tuesday to 45 months in jail, the Associated Press reported. Daniel Hale told the court he leaked the information to an investigative journalist out of guilt…
Read More U.S. Drone Strike Whistleblower Sentenced To 45 Months In Prison