Friday, May 25, 2012

USS MIAMI SUBMARINE FIRE

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FROM:  U.S. NAVY 120315-N-TT535-014 KITTERY, Maine (March 15, 2012) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755) enters dr...

CFTC CHARGES CHICAGO-BASED TRADER WITH FRAUD

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Photo:  Chicago Board Of Trade Granite Lady.  Credit:  Wikimedia. FROM:  U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION CFTC Charges Chicago-b...

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK SAYS NEW POLICY WILL INCREASE AVIATION-INDUSTRY EXPORTS

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Photo:  Cargo Ship.  Credit:  Wikimedia.  FROM:  EXPORT-IMPORT BANK  Ex-Im Bank Announces New Policy to Increase U.S. Aviation-Industr...

RECENT ACTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN

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Photo Credit:  U.S. Department of Defense   FROM:  AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE Afghan-led Security Force Captures Insurgent Facilitat...

EPA WILL SPEND OVER $63 MILLION ON CONTAMINATED SITES AND REVITALIZING COMMUNITIES

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Photo Credit:  Wikimedia FROM:  U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA Announces $69.3 Million to Clean Up Contaminated Sites and Revit...

FDIC INSURED BANKS EARNED OVER $35 BILLION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2012

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Photo Credit:  Wikimedia   FROM:  FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the...

FLEET WEEK PARADE OF SHIPS

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FROM:  U.S. NAVY Fleet Week New York 2012 begins with a parade of tall and military ships on the Hudson River. More than 6,000 Sailors, ...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

150TH ANNIVERSARY OF TAPS

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U.S. AIR FORCE Buglers from across the nation gathered at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday, May 19, 2012 to honor the 150th annive...

BP TO ADD OVER $400 MILLION IN POLLUTION CONTROLS AND PAY $8 MILLION PENALTY

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Photo Credit:  Wikimedia. FROM:  U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BP Agrees to Add More Than $400 Million in Pollution Controls at ...

INVESTMENT CLUB MANAGER GETS 12 YEARS FOR $40 MILLION FRAUD

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Photo:  Lady Justice.  Credit:  Wikimedia. FROM:  U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Investment Club Manager Sentenced in V...

MARINES BECOME U.S. CITIZENS

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FROM:  AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE Marine Corps Sgt. Jose Guadarramapedraza, left, and Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Constable pose fo...

GEN. ALLEN ON AFGHANISTAN "WE'RE GOING TO NEED COMBAT POWER"

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FROM:  AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, briefs ...

BARK BEETLES IN PINE TREES CONTRIBUTE TO AIR POLLUTION IN TOURIST AREAS

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Photo Credit:  U.S. Park Service FROM:  NATIONAL SCIENCE  FOUNDATION Beetle-infested Pine Trees Contribute to Air Pollution and Haze in...

SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DONLEY VISITS THE FAR NORTH

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FROM:  U.S. NAVY Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley addresses Airmen May 21, 2012, inside Hangar 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richa...

PRESIDENT OBAMA CONGRATULATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY GRADUATING CLASS

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(U.S. Air Force graphic, photo/Mike Kaplan)  FROM:  AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE Obama Congratulates U.S. Air Force Academy Graduates ...

SPACEX BLAST-OFF

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FROM:  NASA May 22, 2012 RELEASE : 12-161  SpaceX Launches NASA Demonstration Mission to Space Station  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The second...

SEC. OF STATE CLINTON'S SENATE TESTIMONY ON "THE LAW OF THE SEA" CONVENTION TREATY

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Photo:  Offshore Oil Platform.  Credit:  Wikimedia FROM:  U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT The Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39): The...

TALIBAN LEADER DETAINED IN DASHT-E QAL'AH AFGHANISTAN

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Photo:  Refueling Over Afghanistan.  Credit:  U.S. Air Force  FROM:  AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE Combined Force Detains Taliban ...

2012 HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE

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FROM:  U.S. AIR FORCE Distinguished visitors deliver closing remarks for the 2012 International Military HIV/AIDS Conference, May 10, 20...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

TWO FORMER AIRMEN HAVE BEEN INDUCTED INTO ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME

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FROM:  U.S. AIR FORCE Space shuttle astronauts Franklin Chang Díaz, retired Gen. Kevin Chillton and retired Col.Charlie Precourt celebra...