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Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby briefs the media at the Pentagon.

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The U.S Coast Guard deploys to Haiti, 08/15/2021

https://george.news | https://todaysmilitary.com/futures | Ten teams arrived to Satsop Business Park in Elma, Washington, to compete in the Systems competition Feb. 18-27, 2020. Eight teams qualified to participate in the Virtual competition, which ran Jan. 23-30. Two teams participated in both Virtual and Systems events. The DARPA Subterranean Challenge seeks to better equip warfighters and first responders to explore human-made tunnel systems, urban underground, and natural cave networks, while decreasing risk to human lives. The SubT Challenge Systems and Virtual competitions aim to create a community of multidisciplinary teams from wide-ranging fields to foster breakthrough technologies in autonomy, perception, networking, and mobility for underground environments. The Tunnel Circuit took place in August 2019. The Cave Circuit is planned for August 2020, and the Final Event incorporating all three underground environments is targeted for August 2021.

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, August 2nd, 2021, Washington D.C.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press on the announcement of a U.S. Refugee Admissions Program Priority 2 Designation for Afghan Nationals, at the Department of State, 08/02/2021

https://george.news | https://todaysmilitary.com/futures | U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescues a women near China Beach, California, July 27, 2021. The aircrew lowered the rescue swimmer, hoisted the woman into the helicopter and returned to Air Station San Francisco and delivered her to awaiting EMS

The White House on Tuesday struggled to explain why the Centers for Disease Control would announce new masking policies across the country, despite ongoing faith in the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines. “I know this is slightly awkward timing,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged at the beginning of the daily press briefing. The CDC scheduled a briefing on their new mask guidance for later in the afternoon. Throughout the briefing, Psaki repeated that the administration was still battling the coronavirus, despite weeks of sunny rhetoric celebrating President Joe Biden’s success in handling the pandemic. “We’re still in the midst of a once in a generation pandemic, battling an ever-evolving virus,” she said. But the administration’s wholesale dependence on the CDC left the Biden White House unable to explain to the public the renewed guidance. “We will of course be abiding by every aspect of the CDC guidelines on masking that they will provide this afternoon,” she said. Psaki immediately pulled up an infographic behind her at the podium claiming that “virtually all hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated people,” citing case reports in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and Colorado. But when asked why vaccinated Americans would have to again wear masks in public if the vaccines were effective, Psaki struggled to explain. “Because public health leaders in our administration have made the determination, based on data, that that is a way to make sure they’re protected, their loved ones are protected, and that’s an extra step, given the transmissibility of the virus … that they’re advising people to take,” she replied. Psaki repeatedly punted detailed questions about the updated mask policy to the CDC, reminding reporters they always planned on following the science, the data, and public health officials on how to handle the pandemic. “Their job is to look at evolving information, evolving data, an evolving historic pandemic, and provide guidance to the American public,” she said, referring to the CDC. She concluded that Americans should continue to trust health experts and the administration’s guidance on vaccines, mask mandates, and other coronavirus information. “Our responsibility here is to always lead with the science and always leave with the advice of health and medical experts,” she said. “And we’re going to continue to provide information to all of you about how to protect yourself and save your lives.” Psaki was also unable to explain why the CDC took so long to update the guidance, again punting the answer to the CDC. “Our guidance is based on the public health experts and what they are advising in terms of steps that should be taken,” she said. Psaki also defended Biden’s positive rhetoric about beating the coronavirus in recent weeks before the Delta variant of the virus made it more infectious. “The reality is we’re dealing with a much different strain of this virus than we were even earlier in the spring,” she said, noting that Biden was referring to “a different strain of the virus,” when he was being optimistic.

https://george.news | https://todaysmilitary.com/futures | A C-17 Globemaster III from the 156th Airlift Squadron of the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, and airmen from the 167th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, West Virginia Air National Guard perform a simulated medical evacuation mission during Sentry Storm 2021 at Charleston, West Virginia, July 20, 2021. Sentry Storm is a joint training environment enabling Airmen and Soldiers to exercise their skills to prevail over near-peer competitors while applying Agile Combat Employment concepts. Training events will occur at Yeager Field, Camp Branch in Logan County, Shepherd Field in Martinsburg, W.Va., and the skies over West Virginia during the week-long exercise. Sentry Storm participants include Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Air Force Reserves, Navy, Air Force, and Civil Air Patrol units. Twenty-one aircraft to include C-130’s, C-17’s MH-60’s, A-10’s, Cessna 172, and UH-1N were employed for the training.

07/16/2021 | https://george.news | https://todaysmilitary.com/futures | The 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland stands as the Air National Guard's premier pilot training center. The very first military flying training program was established here in San Antonio in the early 1900s , mostly because of our reliable weather conditions. Today the sunny skies of South Texas provide more than 330 days of flying weather annually. The 149th Fighter Wing has taken full advantage of this to earn a reputation as a hard-working and highly experienced pilot training center. Many of our instructor pilots have three thousand flight hours or more in the airframe. The 149th Fighter Wing uses training airspace, including the McMullen Bombing Range, which is located 70 miles south of JBSA-Lackland. The range can accommodate inner precision-guided munitions, can simulate multiple threats and offers a wide variety of tactical targets. It is colocated with the South Texas Training Center, a 23,000-acre Army Training facility. The existing campus of the 149th encompasses operations, maintenance, and training facilities as well as ramps, runways, hangars, and munitions storage. As the Air National Guard's premier F-16 training center for more than two decades, the 149th has capability to support multiple airframe for air operations with eleven thousand five hundred feet of runway, and plenty of ramp and hangar space for our primary aircraft. The 149th has maximized F-16 training with the best mission training center in the Air National Guard by developing new tactics and procedures against evolving threats. In 2019, the 149th employed 1,421 military, DoD civilians and state employees and disbursed 72.6 million dollars in federal funds for payrolls, facilities maintenance, construction, supplies, and services. JBSA is the largest joint base in the DoD with a rich Armed Forces culture and historical heritage, making San Antonio Military City USA. The 149th is the hometown unit for San Antonio with a 70 year tradition of fighter aviation for global operations and a trusted record of Texans helping Texans during state disasters and domestic operations. Lackland prides itself on its robust environmental standards and in being a good neighbor to the greater San Antonio community by enacting measures to mitigate noise and promote public safety. JBSA-Lackland offers outstanding support infrastructure for any environment with top-tier medical facilities, ample dormitory space, fitness centers, and quality of life assets such as a Child Development Center, a commissary, and a base exchange. With a proud history and an eye to the future the Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing at JBSA-Lackland stands ready.

07/16/2021 | https://george.news | https://todaysmilitary.com/futures | U.S. Arkansas National Guard Master Sgt. Jerry Hankins and Staff Sgt. Matthew Hankins strengthen their bond as father and son through training events at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Both Master Sgt. Hankins and Staff Sgt. Hankins are assigned to the 239th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | Sgt. First Class Heather Peters, Staff Sgt. Dylan Parker, and Spc. Maddie Fortune

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Department of State, Daily Press Briefing - July 14, 2021

Pentagon Press Secretary Holds News Conference, 07/14/2021

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, 07/14/2021

Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on Protecting the Sacred, Constitutional Right to Vote, 07/13/2021

https://nypost.com/2021/07/08/white-house-calls-deleted-taiwan-tweet-an-honest-mistake/ Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, July 8th, 2021

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby briefs the media at the Pentagon, July 8, 2021 ~ @GEORGEnews

Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on the Drawdown Efforts in Afghanistan, 07/08/2021

Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on the Benefits of His "Build Back Better" Agenda, July 7, 2021

Department of State Daily Press Briefing - July 7, 2021

https://george.news | https://todaysmilitary.com/futures | Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, at the Department of State, 07/01/2021