A 2009 Gulf Breeze High School graduate and Gulf Breeze native is part of a select crew, protecting and defending America aboard the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Charlotte.

Naval Air Station (NAS) Whiting Field recognized the accomplishments of soon-to-be-advanced sailors during a frocking ceremony Thursday, May 28, in the installation’s operations auditorium. Nineteen sailors were all smiles as they donned the new collar devices for the first time.

The Air Force Enlisted Village (AFEV) recently announced Brooke McLean as its new president and CEO. McLean will fill the vacancy created after the passing of James Binnicker in March.

A full military honors funeral service honoring the ninth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James C. Binnicker is scheduled to be held at 9 a.m., Aug. 14 at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Binnicker died March 21 in Calhoun, Ga.

Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole was the honored guest at a ceremony commemorating the Doolittle Raid at Naval Air Station Pensacola May 8.

A 2005 Milton High school graduate and Milton native is part of a select crew: protecting and defending America aboard the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Mississippi.

The final two MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft in the Air Force landed for the last time in front of more than 400 people during an MC-130P Heritage Flight at Hurlburt Field May 15.

The Department of Defense welcomed its first female F-35 Lightning II pilot at Eglin Air Force Base May 5.