For those who know him well, Mike “Bear” Belardo is just as comfortable flying an Air Force jet at high-altitude as he his coaching youth sports or fishing on a lake or in a stream. But today, Lt. Col. Michael D. Belardo was joined here by his wife and four children, additional family, friends, and […]
Several leaders with the Missouri National Guard met with the leadership of the Warrensburg-based University of Central Missouri (UCM) on Oct. 3 to formalize a unique partnership at the university’s Missouri Innovation Campus, a satellite location in Lee’s Summit, near Kansas City, Missouri. Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, the Adjutant General of Missouri, and UCM President […]
Jose Lugo looked out over a packed theater and thanked God for enabling him to work and share with everyone he served within the Navy. The senior engineer spoke to military, government civilians, and defense contractors celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month while reflecting on the 2017 theme: “Shaping the Bright Future of America.” First, Naval Surface […]
Whether the situation is a child facing problems at home or in school, or a person who is displaced hundreds of miles from their home in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Maj. Karean Troy is ready to help. Troy is a patient administration officer in the Army Reserve and a full-time elementary school counselor. She […]
CARIBBEAN SEA– The Mercy-class Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), near the coast of the Arecibo-Manati region of Puerto Rico, received four critical patients from Hospital Menonita in Caguas, Puerto Rico, after its generator failed, Oct. 6. “We are a mobile platform that can respond to the greatest area of need or […]
Amid lockers lined with an arsenal of weapons, within its own fortress, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jasmine Deauvearo, a 509th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) armorer, begins her 12-hour shift securing and maintaining various types of armaments alongside her fellow Airmen at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri. Always striving for excellence, she focused her […]
The Missouri Army National Guard has sent helicopters and crews to the Virgin Islands to assist with hurricane response efforts. Gov. Eric Greitens, the state’s commander-in-chief, signed an executive order mobilizing Guard forces to the islands, in accordance with an emergency management assistance compact, or EMAC. The Guard sent four UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and […]
The ceremony to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the end of World War II began with the National Anthem and the raising of Old Glory aboard the USS Battleship Missouri Memorial, Sept. 2, 2017, exactly 72 years from the event that occurred aboard this historic vessel. The remembrance ceremony began at precisely 9:02 am, the […]
An aircrew from the 180th Airlift Squadron returned home Sept. 1, 2017, from providing airlift support in Texas in response to relief efforts from Hurricane Harvey. Part of their mission included transporting six pallets of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supplies including blankets and Meals, Ready to Eat (MREs). They transported some 36,000 lbs of […]
