ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: Earlier this summer, the Fighting Gators of the 53rd Combat Airfield Operations Squadron held their Gator Flex 24-1 certification exercise. Conducted at multiple locations across the region, the exercise demonstrated the Gators' impressive ability to conduct operations in austere environments with limited support. This exercise is directly in line with the larger Air Force's effort of Agile Comb  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following report and order (MB Docket No. 24-153; RM-11983) on Aug. 27, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.622(j), Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Augusta, Georgia) REPORT AND ORDER (Proceeding Terminated) By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/1 issued in response to a Pe  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: The City of Atlanta's former Chief Financial Officer, Jimmie "Jim" A. Beard, has been sentenced to federal prison for a multi-year scheme involving theft of funds, purchase and possession of two machine guns, and obstructing federal tax laws using altered documents and a fake business. "Jim Beard abused the trust and confidence placed in him by the people of the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- U.S. Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) Defense Personal Property Management Office (DPMO) coordinated with the military services and U.S. Coast Guard to select 16 domestic installations that will begin awarding shipments under the Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) in September. These installations are located across nine states - Arizona, Califo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Patrick Oglesbee grew up in the rural community of Glennville, Georgia, where hunting and fishing were a way of life and satisfying pastimes. Emosi Bainivalu grew up on the rural, volcanic Fijian island of Taveuni where he fished and hunted wild chickens and boars. This week, they played on the Army team, with matches against four of the other service teams at the Armed Forces Men's Rugby Championship. Their tea  more