Airmen perform a high altitude, low opening jump from an Air Force C-130J Super Hercules over East Africa, Sept. 2, 2021.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Military Mission
Soldiers perform a simulated air-assault mission during the Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Sept. 11, 2021.
Jump Training
Sailors perform search and rescue jump training from a Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter in the Persian Gulf, Sept. 15, 2021.
Dubai Views
An Air Force CV-22 Osprey conducts training around Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 16, 2021.
Portland Watch
Marine Corps Cpl. Kole Johnstone provides security maintains watch over a nearby surface contact aboard the USS Portland while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Sept., 17, 2021.
Sunlit Sail
Marine Corps Cpl. Noah Verrill, left, and Cpl. Fausto Reyes stand guard aboard the USS Portland while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Sept. 17, 2021.
Smoky Scene
A solider participates in a combined live-fire exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 20, 2021.
Deputy Defense Secretary, U.K. Counterpart Discuss Defense, Security Priorities
Sept. 21, 2021
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, DOD News
"I met with U.K. National Security Advisor Sir Stephen Lovegrove yesterday to discuss our wide-ranging U.S.-U.K. defense and security relationship — including the recently announced [Australia-U.K.-U.S.] trilateral partnership," the deputy defense secretary said in a tweet.
The two leaders met at the Pentagon and exchanged views on defense and security priorities, including the progress on U.S. strategic reviews and the recently announced Australian, U. K., and U. S. trilateral security partnership to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, the spokesman said.
Hicks also conveyed thanks to Lovegrove for U.K. assistance during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan last month, and she highlighted U.S.-U.K. naval cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, as demonstrated by the ongoing Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment, according to the spokesman.
The first deployment of U.K. Carrier Strike Group 21is a historic achievement and the culmination of a decade-long bilateral carrier cooperation effort to deepen U.S.- U.K. interoperability in an unprecedented way, the release said.
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks met with U.K. National
Security Advisor Sir Stephen Lovegrove to reaffirm the U.S.-U.K.
bilateral relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom,
a Defense Department spokesman said.
"I met with U.K. National Security Advisor Sir Stephen Lovegrove yesterday to discuss our wide-ranging U.S.-U.K. defense and security relationship — including the recently announced [Australia-U.K.-U.S.] trilateral partnership," the deputy defense secretary said in a tweet.
The two leaders met at the Pentagon and exchanged views on defense and security priorities, including the progress on U.S. strategic reviews and the recently announced Australian, U. K., and U. S. trilateral security partnership to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, the spokesman said.
Hicks also conveyed thanks to Lovegrove for U.K. assistance during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan last month, and she highlighted U.S.-U.K. naval cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, as demonstrated by the ongoing Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment, according to the spokesman.
The U.S. Navy announced the participation of the USS The Sullivans in Carrier Strike Group 21 on July 19, according to a Naval News press release. The Sullivans is providing multi-warfare defense to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The first deployment of U.K. Carrier Strike Group 21is a historic achievement and the culmination of a decade-long bilateral carrier cooperation effort to deepen U.S.- U.K. interoperability in an unprecedented way, the release said.
Hicks and Lovegrove expressed their commitment to deepening the U.S.-U.K. defense and security relationship in their talks today.
Wildfire Response
Army Spc. Kristofer Layton uses a combination tool to prevent fire from spreading while supporting the Defense Department's wildland firefighting response to the Dixie Fire in Plumas National Forest, Calif., Sept. 7, 2021.
Homecoming Hug
Navy Cmdr. Burnes Brown hugs his wife during the homecoming for the crew of the submarine USS Illinois at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 13, 2021.
Former Air Force contractor sentenced to prison for illegally taking 2,500 pages of classified information
DAYTON – A former contractor with the United States Air Force was sentenced in U.S. District Court to one year and one day in prison for illegally taking approximately 2,500 pages of classified documents.
Izaak Vincent Kemp, 36, of Fairborn, was charged on Jan. 25 by a Bill of Information. He pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 25.
According to court documents, Kemp was employed as a contractor at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) from July 2016 to May 2019, and later as a contractor at the U.S. Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). While working at AFRL and NASIC – both located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Fairborn – Kemp had Top Secret security clearance.
Despite having training on various occasions on how to safeguard classified material, Kemp took 112 classified documents and retained them at his home.
Law enforcement discovered the more than 100 documents, which contained approximately 2,500 pages of material classified at the SECRET level, while executing a search warrant at Kemp’s home on May 25, 2019.
Vipal J. Patel, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Mark J. Lesko, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division of the Department of Justice; J. William Rivers, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division; the Air Force Office of Special Investigations; and Fairborn Police Chief Terry Bennington announced the sentence imposed yesterday evening by Senior U.S. District Judge Walter H. Rice. Assistant United States Attorney Dominick S. Gerace and Trial Attorney Matthew J. McKenzie with the Department of Justice’s National Security Division are representing the United States in this case.
Sports Heroes Who Served: Soldier Was Also a Top NFL Pass Rusher
Sept. 21, 2021 | , DOD News
Sports Heroes Who Served is a series that highlights the accomplishments of athletes who served in the U.S. military.
Kevin Greene, born July 31, 1962, in Schenectady, New York, was a National Football League defensive end and outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers and San Francisco 49ers from 1985 through 1999.
Greene had 160 sacks in his career and ranks third among NFL career sack leaders; he was voted to the NFL's 1990s All-Decade Team. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016. He was also a three-time All-Pro during his NFL playing career and was twice the league leader in sacks.
From 2009 to 2013, Greene was an outside linebackers coach for the Green Bay Packers and from 2017 through 2018 he held that position with the New York Jets. While coaching the Packers, his team won Super Bowl XLV, Feb. 6, 2011.
As a child, military life appealed to Greene, whose father was an Army colonel, making the young Greene a "military brat." He took a shine to football early, playing on military base teams as the family moved from duty station to duty station, including three years in Mannheim, Germany.
In 1980, he graduated from Granite City High School in Granite City, Illinois, where he was later inducted into the Granite City Sports Hall of Fame for his prowess in football, as well as basketball and track, as he was a high jumper on the school's team.
After high school, Greene enrolled at Auburn University and entered the Reserve Officers' Training Corps basic training for the National Guard at Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama. He completed ROTC at Auburn and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Alabama Army National Guard.
After playing his first year of professional football, Greene graduated from the Armor Officer Basic Course at Fort Knox, Kentucky, during the NFL's off season. During his military career, Greene earned the rank of captain and completed training to become a paratrooper at Fort Benning, Georgia.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my military career, too," Greene later said, although football took him away from making it his life's work. Yet, he never completely severed his ties to the military. While residing in Destin, Florida, Greene was chosen to be the 2008 Honorary Commander of the 33rd Fighter Wing, 60th Fighter Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
During the Persian Gulf War, Greene took time out from NFL practice to visit the troops deployed there.
Greene died at age 58 at his home in Destin, Florida, Dec. 21, 2020.
Group Gardeners
Sailors from the guided missile destroyer USS The Sullivans participate in a gardening project at the Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 15, 2021.
Bomber Refueling
An Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker prepares to refuel a B-52H Stratofortress during a mission over the Indo-Pacific, Sept. 14, 2021.
Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Indian Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh
Sept. 20, 2021
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby provided the following readout:
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Indian Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh by phone Monday.
Secretary Austin thanked India for its cooperation throughout the evacuation and retrograde mission in Afghanistan, and both leaders committed to continue to monitor the situation in Afghanistan and to assist remaining at risk groups. They reiterated their commitment to ensuring the Indo-Pacific region remains free and open.
Secretary Austin applauded continued progress in deepening the U.S.-India defense relationship, and said that he looks forward to hosting Minster Singh in Washington this fall for the 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue meeting.
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