Military Bases Assessing Damage After Hurricane Helene's Brutal Winds, Storm Surge Hit Southeast
Military bases throughout the southeastern U.S. were still assessing damage to their installations on Friday after Helene made landfall in Florida the prior evening as a Category 4 hurricane, causing massive flooding and deaths. More than 4,000 members of the National Guard had been deployed to help out in the wake of the storm, which […]
US and Filipino Forces End Drills that Tested Their Endurance in Brutal Heat and Volatile Weather
MANILA, Philippines — Hundreds of American and Filipino troops concluded Monday a new combat exercise in the northern Philippines that tested their endurance in more than a week of brutal heat and volatile weather, and braced them to respond to any threat in tropical jungles and on scattered islands, two U.S. and Philippine generals said. […]