WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Virginia under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Virginia are working together to offer over $6.3 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to buil more PR

QUANTICO, Virginia, March 15 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Lance Cpl. David Brandes and Lance Cpl. Ethan Miller, Marine Corps Base Quantico The corporal dragged his body up the obsidian sheet of sand speckled with other water-logged Marines. He clambered over the peak of an incline, only to find one of his comrades was missing something: his head. "That kind of woke me up to what we were getting into," said the nearly 100-year-old Cpl. Donald Raasch more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 16 -- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command issued the following news: By Mark Getman U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton Department of Public Works removed an old legacy building sign and replaced it with a new sign that aligns with the standard signage on post, on March 12. DPW workers and contractors installed the new sign for the garrison's Installation Support Office, a popular and busy office on the garrison. The updated signage replaces the old sign, bri more PR

FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia, March 16 -- The National Park Service National Military Park issued the following news release: This year, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park has been awarded a combined $510,000 from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to take part in two regional projects that support the restoration and resilience of the park's natural habitats. These projects will control invasive species in order to prevent forest loss and will implement restoration of grasslands more PR

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia, March 15 -- The U.S. Air Force's Joint Base Langley-Eustis issued the following news: U.S. Army soldiers with the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, deployed Tuesday, Mar. 12, to provide humanitarian aid in Gaza. Brigadier Gen. Brad Hinson, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command commanding general and XVIII Airborne Corps Assistant Commanding General, Support, and Col. Samuel S. Miller, U. more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 16 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news on March 15, 2024: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and GEOHuntsville will co-host the GeoResilience Summit, "Why Where Matters," April 3, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT. in Huntsville, Alabama. The summit is an opportunity for participants to engage in discussions with experts from government, industry and academia about the impact of GEOINT on national security and the explosion o more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Navy will christen its newest Virginia-class attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony March 16, at General Dynamics Electric Boat, in Groton, Connecticut. The Honorable Nickolas H. Guertin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Research, Development, and Acquisition (RDA), will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Senior representatives from the Navy, t more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, March 16 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: By Robert Hammer, MHS Communications The Defense Health Agency has launched a new feature that lets you request prescription refills through MHS GENESIS. MHS GENESIS is the Department of Defense's new electronic health record. It's now in use at every military hospital and clinic worldwide. Prescription refills through the MHS GENESIS Patient Portal became available on Feb. 29. In the first week, the Military more PR

WINCHESTER, Virginia, March 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Middle East District issued the following news story: By Shannon Moeck, Transatlantic Middle East Division When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) achieved its stage 3 certification in the Corps Safety and Occupational Health Management System (CE-SOHMS), it was the culmination of roughly 5 years of effort. Arriving at the district near the end of this process, Vanessa Matheny, TAM's newl more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 16 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force announced the Key Spouse Program is changing to the Commander's Key Support Program, at the annual major command spouse conference, March 13-15. The updated program expands opportunities for Airmen, Guardians, federal employees and family members to contribute to their units, allowing anyone interested, irrespective of marital status, to hold roles as long as volunteer duties do no more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Corporal Ray K. Lilly, 18, of Matoaka, West Virginia, killed during the Korean War, was accounted for Sep. 26, 2023. In Nov. 1950, Lilly was a member of L Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He went missing in action after his unit engaged in defensive actions in  more PR