BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Laiken King, 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs A B-52H Stratofortress bomber crew recently earned the Air Force Global Strike Command General Curtis E. LeMay award for the outstanding bomber crew category during the 2023 AFGSC Operations Awards. On December 13, 2022, the Scout 94 crew faced a life-threatening situation while flying a B-52 from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 7 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Attorney General Tim Griffin today made the following announcement after sending a letter to Choices Women's Medical Center of Queens, New York: "On May 21, I sent a letter to Choices Women's Medical Center of New York (Choices) instructing it to cease and desist from using its website to direct Arkansans to abortion pill services, specifically the website's invitation for   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 7 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on June 6, 2024: This week, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed House Bill 608 the "Women's Safety and Protection Act" into law. The bill was introduced by Representative Roger Wilder III. This legislation fortifies the definition of sex-based words, such as 'woman' and 'man', already used hundreds of times across state code. It also defines certain spaces that will be for females only moving forward.   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: ALSKIIN MILLICAN ("MILLICAN"), age 21, of Madisonville, La., was sentenced on June 4, 2024 after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount Fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sec  more

MONTEREY, California, June 7 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: During a Changing of the Guard ceremony earlier this year, one Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum passed the colors to another CHDS alum as Adjutant General of the Louisiana National Guard. Major Gen. Keith Waddell (Executive Leaders Program cohort 2201) officially relinquished command of the Louisiana National Guard to Brigadier Gen. Thomas Friloux (E  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 7 -- The Pennsylvania House Democrats issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Building on their strong record of propelling initiatives aimed to assist Pennsylvania families, state Rep. La'Tasha D. Mayes, D-Allegheny, and state Rep. Gina H. Curry, D-Delaware, announced today that their legislation that would create a state program providing "Welcome Baby" kits to new moms and parents passed the Pennsylvania House. House Bill 2137 would establish a new   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news on June 5, 2024: By Christopher Hurd As Maj. Jack Gibson waited to board a plane to France last Thursday, he thought about his grandfather and what he went through 80 years ago fighting in Europe during World War II as part of the 2nd Ranger Battalion. This wasn't a normal work trip for Gibson, a judge advocate with the 75th Ranger Regiment, this one was special he said, because he was taking part in the D-Day annivers  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: For the second time in a week, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one re-entry vehicle June 6 at 1:46 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities intended to demonstrate that t  more

FORT JOHNSON, Louisiana, June 6 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital will host the 107th anniversary celebration of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps with a kickoff event establishing the Fort Johnson Chapter of the Sliver Caduceus Society at 2 p.m., June 28 in the hospital dining facility at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. According to their website Silver Caduceus Societies are informal org  more