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Sept. 29, 2022
152nd Air Operations Group Visits Israel

HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, SYRACUSE, NY -- For over a decade, airmen from the 152d Air Operations Group have been integral to the security relationship between Israel and the United States.
Sept. 28, 2022
Latest U.S. Support for Ukraine Targets Long-Term Security Investment

The Defense Department announced an additional $1.1 billion in aid to Ukraine, which will include an array of important warfighting equipment, a senior defense official said during a background briefing.
Sept. 28, 2022
Illinois National Guard, Polish Partners Remember the Fallen

GREAT LAKES, Ill. – For 17 years, Polish and Illinois National Guard Soldiers fought together in Iraq and then Afghanistan. Last week, they rode more than 500 miles together to honor warriors killed in post-9/11 conflicts.
Sept. 27, 2022
Austin Welcomes Marshall Islands President to Pentagon

The partnership between the United States and the Marshall Islands is strong, and the nations have long shared the vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said.
Sept. 27, 2022
AFRC Wing at Travis delivers humanitarian aid to Haiti

A Reserve aircrew from the 301st Airlift Squadron performed a three-day mission Sept. 23 – 25, to move humanitarian cargo to Haiti. Through the Denton Program, three school buses donated from San Diego Unified School District were transported from March Air Reserve Base, California, to Haiti.
Sept. 27, 2022
DOD Establishes Arctic Strategy and Global Resilience Office 

The United States is an Arctic power, and the Defense Department has established an office to ensure U.S. strategy and policy protects U.S. interests in that crucial region. 
Sept. 27, 2022
DOD, Kurdish Peshmerga Continue Partnership to Fight ISIS

Assistant Defense Secretary Celeste Wallander met with Iraqi leaders to reaffirm the U.S. partnership with the nation, and to underscore the U.S. commitment to supporting Iraq in the defeat-ISIS mission.
Sept. 26, 2022
U.S., India Ties Continue to Strengthen, Austin Says

Military cooperation between the U.S. and India is at an all-time high, with service members from both nations regularly conducting exercises together and the two governments routinely sharing information and intelligence.
Sept. 23, 2022
U.S., Timor-Leste partnership strengthened through PAC ANGEL 22-4

Pacific Angel 22-4 comes to a conclusion after a five-day operation where more than 90 joint, total force U.S. service members partnered with the Timor-Leste Defense Force and a host of local government and non-governmental organizations to provide humanitarian aid and disaster relief, Sept. 12-17,
Sept. 23, 2022
Planners preparing for Resolute Sentinel and Patriot Fury 2023

U.S. servicemembers, civilians and military foreign nationals from several South American countries met earlier this month in Tucson, Arizona, to make plans for Resolute Sentinel and Patriot Fury 2023.