Those who helped save the lives of 1st Sgt. Peter Battershall and commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith were honored at the annual D.C. Fire and EMS awards, a celebration of first responders who helped with heroic actions.
Air Force helmets present their share of challenges, including fatigue with long use and even the possibility of injury when pilots perform high-speed maneuvers or eject from planes.
When asked why the three firings were not made public, a Navy spokesman said that the sea service does not publicly announce reliefs that are not the result of a loss of the trust and confidence in the officers’ ability to command.
The navigable waterway had been at least partially blocked since March 26, when the 984-foot container ship Dali lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s support piers.
The 4th Infantry Division is practicing for combat both on Fort Carson’s extensive training range south of Colorado Springs and in Poland, as Russia is expected to ramp up its summer offensive in Ukraine.
On June 13, Joseph Bond, a 72-year-old great-grandfather, will graduate from Ben Franklin’s Educational Options Program, a night school that allows adult students who disengaged as youth to finish what they started.
A World War II Navy veteran was being mourned following his death while en route to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a trip friends said he’d talked excitedly about making.
Those who helped save the lives of 1st Sgt. Peter Battershall and commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith were honored at the annual D.C. Fire and EMS awards, a celebration of first responders who helped with heroic actions.