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Security clearance investigations to include social media activity
June 14, 2016
People who use social media are constantly reminded to be careful when posting and sharing information. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently enacted a new policy under which federal agencies may consider publicly available social media information in connection with an application for a security clearance.
Virginia's 185th Cyber Operations Squadron is up and running
June 14, 2016
The 185th Cyber Operations Squadron, the latest addition to the 192nd Fighter Wing Operations Group, is up and running. Director of Operations Maj. Nathan Brown is working hard to staff this new squadron because with a home-station mobilization on the horizon for the fall of 2018, there is no time to waste, he said.
Florida Airmen put joint training to use in hurricane exercise
June 13, 2016
Naval Air Station Key West's Search and Rescue team delivers a sling load of communications equipment to NAS Key West's Saddlebunch Key after picking it up from Fleming Key. The equipment move was part of a communications training operation for the Florida Air National Guard's 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron out of MacDill Air Force Base.
Command Sgt. Maj. Kepner assumes duties as 11th sergeant major of the Army Guard
June 10, 2016
Army Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, left, director of the Army Guard, passes the noncommissioned officer's sword to Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, center, the incoming command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, during a Change of Responsibility Ceremony, June 8, 2016 in Arlington, Va. The passing of the NCO sword is a symbolic representation of the assumption of responsibilty.
Minnesota and Croatia celebrate 20 years of partnership
June 10, 2016
Soldiers of the Minnesota Army National Guard 851st Vertical Engineer Company, Airmen from the Minnesota Air National Guard 148th and 133rd Civil Support Squadron along with the Croatian Army Engineering Horizontal Construction Company work together for repairs and to rebuild parts of a primary school in Karlovec, Croatia.
Military units in Tacoma train jointly for natural disaster
June 10, 2016
A Soldier assigned to 331st Modular Causeway Company, 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade from Fort Eustis, Va., docks part of a modular causeway system during Joint Logistics Over the Shore at the Port of Tacoma, Wash., June 6, 2016. Sections of the Modular Causeway can be combined on a bare beach in order to supply emergency resources to areas affected by natural disaster.
'Casualty actors' perform during Washington earthquake response drill
June 10, 2016
Tech. Sgt. Jermaine Lindsay, Senior Airman Waylen Anderson, Senior Airman Michael Yearsley and Tech. Sgt. Kristal Cavanaugh from the 194th Wing, Washington National Guard, pose as zombies with their simulated injury makeup before a notional earthquake is to strike the Pacific Northwest as part of exercise Cascadia Rising 2016. Cascadia Rising 2016 is a full-scale exercise involving more than 100 federal, state, county and city agencies designed to test the state's earthquake response plan.
Air National Guard welcomes its 12th command chief master sergeant
June 7, 2016
Chief Master Sgt. Ronald C. Anderson, the 12th command chief master sergeant for the Air National Guard, addresses the audience during his welcome ceremony June 2, 2016, at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
South Carolina National Guard hosts Colombian military law experts during exchange
June 3, 2016
Seven members of the Colombian military meet with the University of South Carolina's Rule of Law Collaborative in Columbia, S.C., May 23, during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with the South Carolina National Guard's State Partnership Program. The week-long information exchange with Colombian military and National Police legal experts focused on human rights and operational law.
Defense Department begins educating service leaders on new retirement system
June 2, 2016
Implementation timeline for the military Blended Retirement System.