ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: Dr. Aristian Torregano, Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) West Point Middle School principal, initially took up running as a pursuit of wellness. However, the experience of preparing for the 26.2-mile race transformed her mindset from "I can't" to "I can." The New York City Marathon, known as the world's largest marathon, concluded just four days ago, leaving p more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - Do you get prescription drugs through the TRICARE Pharmacy Program? Copayments for most beneficiaries are changing. The new costs will start Jan. 1, 2024. "These new costs are part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018," said Melanie Richardson, a pharmacist in the Pharmacy Operati more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer's visit to Federal Correctional Institution Petersburg: * * * On Nov. 13, Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer and members of her team visited Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Petersburg, which has a medium-security and low-security Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) facility for men with an adjacent minimum security camp, located in Petersburg, Virginia. The Pardon Attorney and h more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force selected Morris Air National Guard Base, Arizona, as the location to receive up to nine Slovak-owned F-16s to be temporarily stationed in the United States beginning in the spring of 2024 through fiscal year 2026 at the 162nd Wing. The addition of Slovak-owned F-16s at Morris ANGB will require an increase of almost 30 ANG personnel, and only four of the possible nine aircraft will be u more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force has announced that the Air Reserve component has initiated a direct commission and constructive service credit program memo for people interested in serving in the cyber security and cyberspace warfare operations career fields. Brig. Gen. Terrence Adams, deputy principal cyber advisor to the Secretary of Defense and senior military advisor for Cyber P more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force has announced that the Air Reserve component has initiated a direct commission and constructive service credit program memo for people interested in serving in the cyber security and cyberspace warfare operations career fields. Brig. Gen. Terrence Adams, deputy principal cyber advisor to the Secretary of Defense and senior military advisor for Cyber Policy, more PR

KUMASI, Ghana, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Embassy in Ghana issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer joined Ashanti Regional Minister Hon. Simon Osei Mensah today to break ground for a new state-of-the art maternal and child center at the HopeXchange Medical Center in Kumasi. The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has invested $3.5 million in the HopeXchange Medical Center Ghana to date. "A healthy more PR

ABINGDON, Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Christopher R. Kavanaugh, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: A Buena Park, California man, who supplied as many as 30,000 pressed fentanyl pills a week to individuals who shipped the pills to Southwest Virginia, pled guilty today to a pair of federal drug charges. Robert Contreras, 23, a.k.a. "Quill," pled guilty to one count of conspiring to distribute and possession with the intent to dist more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: United States Attorney Will Thompson joined with law enforcement officials today to announce an indictment charging 27 individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl in the Huntington area. The indictment unsealed today is the resu more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Jimmie Lee Holbrook, 43, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to distribution of fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, on April 10, 2023, Holbrook sold a quantity of fentanyl to a confidential informant in a vehicle outside of a service station in Huntington. Holbrook is scheduled to be sentenced on more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Amy Lynn Carter, 40, of Huntington, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to deliver 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on January 20, 2021, Carter was a passenger in a vehicle parked at a Barboursville convenience store when a law enforcement officer approached more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Alexandria Jasmine Estep, 22, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Estep admitted to her role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area. According to court documents and statements made in court, Estep participated in the drug trafficking conspiracy b more PR