Author: Michael

The Department of Defense has a building alliance capability problem. Through the 2018 and 2022 National Defense Strategies, the Department of Defense has trumpeted its alliance system as a primary pillar of national security. Yet as of late 2024, the collective benefits of coproduction and co-development of the critical technologies that will decide or deter the next conflict have remained woefully untapped. The nature of this challenge is twofold.

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Do not adjust your sets. That is in fact Lionel Richie’s face on the side of a U.S. Army National Guard helicopter in the skies above North Carolina. 
In fact, the CH-47 Chinook from the Iowa National Guard sports the callsign “Night Long,” after the song “All Night Long (All Night)” by the former Commodores singer and 1980s hitmaker.
The Iowa National Guard deployed ‘Night Long’ and its crew from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment to North Carolina to help in the wake of Hurricane Helene. It’s part of more than more than 7,000 U.S.

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Sandboxx Indigenous Peoples’ Day Printing Schedule

Thursday, 10/10: Ensure Delivery for all Marine Corps bases, Great Lakes, Cape May and Lackland before the holiday  – Final Print at 5 pm ET.
Monday, 10/14: Sandboxx Mailroom Open. Letter will be processed and shipped for Tuesday, 10/15 delivery

Please keep in mind, the dates below are subject to change depending on the needs of the Command. If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to our Customer Happiness team.

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More than 1,000 active-duty soldiers with the 101st and 82nd airborne divisions are on the ground and in the skies above North Carolina, working to help local National Guard units and emergency responders aid communities impacted by Hurricane Helene.
As of the weekend, more than 7,000 service members from the United States Army and the National Guard are active across the southeast.

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The Air Force is moving its planes out of MacDill Air Force Base once again, this time as the base braces for the approaching Tropical Storm Milton. 
On Saturday, the commander of the 6th Air Refueling Wing, based out of MacDill, announced that the wing will be relocating its aircraft starting on Oct. 6. The planes “will return when flying conditions are favorable.”
“I’ve decided to relocate our aircraft, beginning [Sunday], ahead of Tropical Storm Milton,” Col. Edward Szczepanik, commander of the 6th Air Refueling Wing said on a video posted to Facebook.

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