WASHINGTON — The Army continued its recruiting transformation this week by announcing Atlanta and Los Angeles as the future locations for two new regional recruiting headquarters.
Once operational by next summer, these commands will oversee the five enlisted recruiting brigades and have a mission to enhance communication and improve the service's ability to attract and retain a high-quality workforce.
"Our goal is to provide the Army with the right mix of people so our formations can excel." See more
U.S. Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 and U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to EOD Mobile Unit (EODMU) 6 conducted an afloat salvage exercise aboard the ex-USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) ported in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 18-22, 2024.
“Navy mobile diving and salvage companies and EOD platoons maintain readiness to conduct afloat salvage and render safe procedures aboard Navy and joint assets anytime, anywhere,” said Cmdr. Garrett Pankow, commanding officer, MDSU 2. “Our training aboard NAVSEA 21 INACT ships in Philadelphia, PA provided EOD Group 2 forces a controlled shipboard environment for our sailors to simulate damage and explosive hazards on vessels afloat and exercise our capability to mitigate shipboard damage and explosive hazards. This was our third iteration of training in Philadelphia, and we continue to improve our warfighting readiness to support the Fleet.” See more
Less Risk. More Reward.
Since the Air Force plans to build a fleet of Skyborgs, we can be more strategic about where we deploy our assets and our Airmen. If it’s a high-risk mission, we will be able to employ an unmanned, AI-guided jet. Then once the mission’s completed, an Airman will retrieve the jet at an off-base location, since Skyborgs don’t require a conventional runway to take off or land.
There was a time when it would’ve been hard to imagine a pilotless plane flying solely on artificial intelligence. Now the U.S. Air Force is in the process of adding exactly that to our aircraft portfolio. Under Project Skyborg, future high-risk missions will be mitigated by having fighter jets accompanied by AI-enabled, combat aerial vehicles. See more
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII --
U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, formally received the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) – a mountable, ground-based anti-ship missile launcher – on November 26, 2024. In order to commemorate the intra-service hand-off and acknowledge the months of initial operational testing and evaluation that went into fielding the new weapon system, 3d MLR held a receiving ceremony and NMESIS static display at Dewey Square on Marine Corps Base Hawaii and invited distinguished visitors from across both U.S. and partnered militaries to take part.
Col. John G. Lehane, Commanding Officer of 3d MLR, emphasized the importance of the NMESIS capability, stating, “Moving the NMESIS from the category of Initial Test and Operational Evaluation to a fielded weapon system is a significant milestone for 3d MLR. See more
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard established a new Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program at Kalani High School in Honolulu.
Coast Guard JROTC instructors are hired and employed by the school district and certified by the service. Instructors must be Coast Guard retired, selected reserve, or qualified veterans with at least eight years of service. Kalani High School’s Coast Guard JROTC instructor is Retired Chief Petty Officer Ash Armstrong.
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 mandated the Coast Guard to establish and maintain JROTC programs in each of the nine Coast Guard districts by Dec. 31, 2025. The Coast Guard established four new JROTC units this fall, making Kalani High School’s unit the 14th with program-wide enrollment of over 1,200 cadets. These new units are at the following host schools:
- Barnstable High School in Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Innovation High School in Orlando
- Veterans Memorial High School in Corpus Christi, Texas
- Kalani High School in Honolulu
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Subject matter experts from the Michigan Army and Air National Guard visited Sierra Leone Nov. 14-23 to begin developing their State Partnership Program relationship with the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces.
The Michigan specialists engaged with their RSLAF counterparts to assess and plan the priority areas of noncommissioned officer development, military justice and vehicle operations.
The SPP began in 1993 with 13 partners and has grown to include 105 partnerships with 115 nations. See more
U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Operations Command have transitioned two additional Space Deltas to fully-integrated Mission Deltas under the Unified Mission Readiness concept, marked by ceremonies Oct. 30-31.
Mission Delta 2 – Space Domain Awareness, and Mission Delta 4 – Missile Warning and Tracking join MD31 - Navigation Warfare, and MD3 – Electromagnetic Warfare, as units that organize Space Force activities around mission areas rather than functional specialties. See more
