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U.S. Air Force Capt. Robbie Lei, a pilot and aircraft commander with the 7th Airlift Squadron, flies a C-17 Globemaster III near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 10, 2022.

The end of the year is approaching with haste, and before you know it, we’ll be welcoming another new year. Unfortunately, while this can mean that soon you’ll be drawing New Year resolutions again, it also means that winter is upon us.

We talked with A1C Demaine Smiley, 47th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, talking about what they do and what the different jobs in security forces are and their mission to protect the base at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas on Oct. 15, 2021.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Stephen Meiners, an aircraft electronic systems technician and Sgt. Ernest Brunelle, a fixed wing aircraft safety equipment mechanic, both with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, are awarded an incentive flight at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 30, 2022.

An F18 refueling from EX NOBLE DEFENDER, taken on Oct 3rd 2022 in Inuvik, Northwest Territories.

U.S. Army Spc. Jack Montgomery assigned to Charlie Troop, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, clears the rooftop of a building while wearing the Integrated Visual Augmentation System during Project Convergence 2022 on Oct. 12, 2022, Western United States. PC22, a multi-month event enables the Department of Defense and its multinational partners to assess future warfighting concepts and capabilities.

A team of military and civilian researchers has identified a new sleep disorder that’s been disrupting the lives of trauma survivors for decades, if not centuries.

The U.S. Navy conducted an annual coastal cleanup on the remote beaches of San Nicolas Island (SNI), the most isolated of the California Channel Islands, located sixty-five miles offshore, and South of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu.

The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) arrived in Manila for a routine port visit while on patrol in U.S. 7th Fleet, Oct. 14.

The Army of 2030 with its planned modernization efforts and stronger than ever readiness posture was the theme of the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting and exposition held in Washington, D.C., Oct. 10-12. And directly in line with modernization and readiness is the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s new Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite currently under construction in Poland.

Tyndall Air Force Base hosted biannual exercise Combat Hammer and Combat Archer respectively during two-week-long Weapon System Evaluation Program-East 23.01 to provide squadrons from across the Department of the Air Force a multi-platform training environment to conduct air-to-ground and air-to-air combat operations.

Funeral services were held this week in Sioux City, Iowa for charter Iowa Air National Guard member and former 185th Commander, Col. Warren “Bud” Nelson who passed away at the age of 97.