Governor Ron DeSantis announced Sept. 15 in a Milton press conference that Santa Rosa, Escambia and Okaloosa counties will receive $3.4 million in grant funding from the Department of Economic Opportunity.

“We appreciate having great installations and a great active-duty footprint, and of course NWF is one of the strongest military communities in the nation – we understand that enriches our community and our economy,” DeSantis said at the conference.

Each December, volunteers bundle up against the cold and walk the silent rows of the nation’s military cemeteries, carrying armfuls of bright green Christmas wreaths.

Redstone Arsenal, Alabama - Teams from Air Force Materiel Command bases around the country came together to answer the Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge--precision, austere resupply. Move 50 pounds of supplies 30 miles and deliver them to a 20 X 20 foot drop zone.

Hurlburt Field - Special Tactics operators function as state-of-the-art human weapon systems and are force multipliers integrating airpower onto the battlefield. Dozens of different factors play into their ability to project forces, but there’s one area that can be easily overlooked: nutrition.

For the roughly 26,000 veterans in Santa Rosa County, medical care for everything from a sore throat to lifesaving dialysis may come from the Veterans Affairs Clinic in Pensacola.

Hurlburt Field - The 24th Special Operations Wing welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony here, March 8.

Eglin Air Force Base - The dog lay on the table struggling to breathe in the throes of a severe heat stroke.  Pako, a 96th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, thrashed around wildly. His vital signs were fading fast.  At one point, his pulse vanished.  Pako’s heart stopped.

Gulf Breeze High School senior Matthew Hawkins, 17, has been selected for an appointment to The United States Military Academy West Point.

Orlando, Florida. (AFNS) -- In every competition there can only be one who claims the title of “champion.” The Air Force Spark Tank competition is no different.

Hurlburt Field - The attack left him without his left arm, left eye and inflicted serious wounds to his right hand and legs.