MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: Space Delta 13's Detachment 2, in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force's Holm Center, has played a key role in educational development efforts here in Air Force ROTC, Officer Training School, and in both the Air Force and Space Force Junior ROTC programs. "Over the past year, Space Delta 13, Detachment 2 and the Holm Center have worked to provide a similar experience for Guardian accessions, re  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 30 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the following appointments to the Commission on Middle Eastern American Affairs, Michigan Workforce Development Board, Advisory Board for the Michigan Intelligence Operations Center for Homeland Security, Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Oakland University Board of Trustees, and MEDC Executive Com  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, Cristina Killingsworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, visited the Birmingham Biotechnology Hub in Alabama. The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA), designated the Birmingham Biotechnology Hub, a coalition led by the Southern Research Institute, as a Regional Technology and Inno  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Drug Enforcement Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has seen an increase in burglaries at independent pharmacies across the country. Nearly 900 burglaries involving the theft of controlled substances were reported to DEA in 2023. Stolen prescription medications adversely impact these small businesses while also putting patients and the community at risk. Earlier toda  more

MCALLEN, Texas, Aug. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A 24-year-old man has admitted to being a scout for an alien smuggling group, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Derrick Terelle Sankey, a native of Alabama, was serving under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Rio Grande Valley in 2021. From March to September 2021, conspirators recruited Sankey into an existing alien smuggli  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Aug. 30 -- Air University issued the following news: By Senior Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger, Air University Public Affairs HUNTSVILLE, Ala -- The Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps opened a new extension at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Aug. 29, 2024. This new location is one of only four AFROTC operating locations, and it is set to train and develop future U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force leaders. UAH's program is an independent element under  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Seventeen Undergraduate Pilot Training student pilots of Class 24-13, graduated on August 29, 2024, at the Columbus Event Center on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. The UPT graduation ceremony officially marks the completion of initial flight training in the T-6 Texan II as students earn their wings and begin the next phase of advanced pilot training for the Air Force's newest p  more