Tag Archives: America

Did You Know That? Interesting Fourth of July Facts

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Katie Lange

While the date July 4, 1776, is ingrained in most of our memories, there are some cool facts you may not know about our Independence Day.
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Posted in DoD News, Education, Rotator | Tagged America, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July, History, Independence Day, John Adams, July 4th, Thomas Jefferson | 2 Comments

Exercise: STEADFAST JAVELIN II

Posted on September 9, 2014 by pjimenez

Exercise Steadfast Javelin II features a number of dynamic events designed to challenge multi-national forces in airborne operations
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 173rd ABCT, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Calvary Brigade, 37th Airlift Squadron, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Air National Guard, Airfield seizure, Allies, America, ANG, Bosnia and Herzegovina, BPC, Building partnership capacity, Bulgaria, C-130J Super Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, EUCOM, Exercise, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, NATO, Partnership for peace, PFP, Poland, RAB, Ramstein Air Base, Romania, Saber Junction, Serbia, SJ14, Slovenia, Steadfast Javelin II, Stryker, Sweden, U.S Air Force, U.S. Army, Ukraine, unified land operations, United Kingdom, United States, USAF | Leave a comment

Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephanie Faenza performs an odor test on liquid oxygen aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 12, 2014. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Karl Anderson/Released)

Worth A Thousand Words: Sssmokin

Posted on January 25, 2014 by bniegel

Petty Officer 2nd Class Stephanie Faenza performs an odor test on liquid oxygen aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 12, 2014.
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Posted in Rotator, Worth A Thousand Words | Tagged America, be ready, CHINFO, commerce, defend freedom, deployed, deter aggression, fast, flexible, freedom, heritage, liberty, military, Navy, navy media content service, NMCS, on watch, operate forward, preserve peace, protect, sailors, sea lanes, tradition, U.S. Navy, United States, USN military, war fighters, war fighting, war fighting first, worldwide, Worth a Thousand Words | Leave a comment

Photo: President Barack Obama signs the Campus Sexual Assault Presidential Memorandum during a White House Council on Women and Girls meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, 2014. (Official White House photo by Lawrence Jackson/Released)

Obama Calls Military Sexual Assaults ‘Profound Injustice’

Posted on January 23, 2014 by bniegel

President Barack Obama addressed sexual assault in the military during a White House Council on Women and Girls event.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator, Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention | Tagged America, American, American Forces Press Service, armed forces, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Attorney General Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Commander in Chief, Council on Women and Girls, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, DoD News, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, military, military sexual assault, president, President Barack Obama, sexual assault awareness and prevention, sexual assault response and prevention, sexual assaults, Vice President Joe Biden, White House, White House Council, White House Council on Women and Girls | Leave a comment

Photo: President Barack Obama (U.S. Defense Department file photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/Released)

Obama Proclaims Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday

Posted on January 20, 2014 by glenn.selby

President Barack Obama calls on citizens to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by pursuing opportunity and equality for all Americans.
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Posted in DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, America, Americans, Barack Obama, citizens, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, Constitution and the laws of the United States, day of service, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., equality, March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, National Mall, President Barack Obama, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King | Leave a comment