VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting field studies along the lower James River in Virginia to assess the environmental impacts of dredging and if they continue to justify the existing time-of-year restrictions (TOYR) for dredging in the area. One primary mission of the U.S. Army Corps of more PR

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico issued the following news: By Lance Cpl. David Brandes, Marine Corps Base Quantico Eight Marines earned awards for their performance within their respective special duty assignments during the annual Fiscal Year 2023 Commandant's Combined Awards Ceremony at National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2024. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney awarded tw more PR

QUANTICO, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: By Lance Cpl. David Brandes, Marine Corps Base Quantico Eight Marines earned awards for their performance within their respective special duty assignments during the annual Fiscal Year 2023 Commandant's Combined Awards Ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2024. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney awarded two Marines from each more PR

QUANTICO, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Lance Cpl. David Brandes, Marine Corps Base Quantico Eight Marines earned awards for their performance within their respective special duty assignments during the annual Fiscal Year 2023 Commandant's Combined Awards Ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2024. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Christopher J. Mahoney awarded two Marines more PR

STERLING, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority will start offering interviews to conditionally approved Global Entry applicants departing the United States from Washington Dulles International Airport. Dulles becomes the nation's first airport to offer Global Entry "Enrollment on Departure." Previo more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Beth Reece Daniele Kurze is personally touched when she sees family-owned small businesses of 60-plus years shut their doors amid challenges like financial uncertainty and workforce retention. As the Defense Logistics Agency's new executive director of Small Business Programs, she'll now address those and other issues affecting small businesses. "We have to do something d more PR

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command issued the following news: By Johannes Schmidt, MCSC Office of Public Affairs and Communication Marine Corps Systems Command Marine Corps Systems Command, or MARCORSYSCOM, and Program Executive Officer Land Systems, or PEO LS, are initiating a structural reorganization aimed at modernizing and streamlining operations to enhance the operational capabilities of the Marine Corps. These changes--modeled after t more PR

COLONIAL, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Kerry Gonzalez was recently chosen as Chief of Cultural Resource Management for George Washington Birthplace National Monument & Thomas Stone National Historic Site, both units of the National Park Service. In this role Kerry will oversee stewardship of a diverse portfolio of resources including archeological, historic structures, and museum collections for both parks.  more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Virginia - The Feb. 14 deadline to submit applications to the Scholarships for Military Children program, administered by the nonprofit Fisher House Foundation, is almost here. A total of 500 scholarship grants, each for $2,000, will be awarded for the 2024-25 school year with at least one recipient selected at e more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The United States Department of Agriculture announced today the full lineup of plenary sessions for its 100th Annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, titled "Cultivating the Future," scheduled to take place on February 15-16, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. "The Agricultural Outlook Forum provides an all-encompassing look into American agriculture and its extraordinary diversity," said Agriculture Secretary To more PR

ABINGDON, Virginia, Feb. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Covetrus North America LLC, a company based in Dublin, Ohio, which sells veterinary products to customers across the United States, pled guilty today to causing the introduction and delivery of misbranded veterinary prescription drugs into interstate commerce. As part of the agreement, Covetrus will pay over $23 million in criminal fines and for more PR