U.S. Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard took delivery of its first fast response cutter, the Bernard C. Webber, Friday in Miami. Webber is the first of 58 planned Sentinel Class patrol boats replacing the Coast Guard’s venerable but aging Island Class patrol boat fleet.

“Consistent with the Sentinel Class name, the cutter Webber will guard our coasts and its citizens and protect the nation’s vital maritime interests,” said Rear Adm. Karl Schultz, Coast Guard director of governmental and public affairs.
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Christine Fisher, one of 14 contestants who belted out lyrics at the 2012 Southeastern Connecticut Submarine Force Birthday Ball Sing-off, performs in the auditorium of Fitch High School on March 24 in Groton. Fisher later won the sing-off. U.S. Navy photography by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Virginia K. Schaefer

U.S. Navy
By Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg
Commander, Submarine Group 2 Public Affairs

More than 100 people attended the first Southeastern Connecticut Submarine Force Birthday Ball Sing-off at Fitch High School March 24 in Groton.

Of the 14 contestants who belted out their favorite lyrics in the auditorium of Fitch High School, a 20-year old junior attending the University of Connecticut from Mystic, Conn., won the sing-off.
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Cpl. Tristan I. Hobson checks the trunk of a patrol car for supplies on Camp Foster March 28. Hobson saved a local community member's life on Camp Kinser Feb. 18 with the aid of an automated external defibrillator. Hobson is a military policeman with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kasey Peacock

U.S. Marine Corps
By Lance Cpl. Kasey Peacock
Marine Corps Bases Japan

The life of a military policeman encompasses many different tasks. One might assume a typical day would include patrolling, issuing citations, interacting with service members, and making arrests.

What one may not assume is that MPs can be called for anything, at any time, sometimes even placing them first on scene at a medical emergency.

The morning of Feb. 18, Cpl. Tristan I. Hobson, a military policeman with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, received one of those calls.
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Following a ribbon cutting, the solar panel field located east of Liberty Village and south of Johnson Drive at Fort Hood, Texas, was turned on March 27, 2012. The field consists of 3,000 photovoltaic panels mounted to a steel frame that span across a four-acre site that will generate one million kilowatt-hours annually. US Army photo by Christine Luciano

U.S. Army
By Christine Luciano
Fort Hood DPW Environmental Outreach

After a year of planning and construction, Fort Hood and Universal Services Fort Hood Inc. activated a solar field of nearly 3,000 photovoltaic panels.

The four-acre solar field, near Liberty Village community, will generate one million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually for 300 single-family homes.
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Archaeologists excavate land Feb. 9, 2012, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., in order to make way for a solar array the base is planning to build. The excavation team has found thousands of artifacts dating back to 3,000 B.C. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sandra Welch

U.S. Air Force
by Senior Airman C.J. Hatch
56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

Archaeologists here recently unearthed an ancient dwelling — just one of thousands of artifacts found here that date back as far as 3,000 B.C.

The excavation was part of the site preparation, including mitigation of surface archaeology and testing for subsurface archaeology, for a large solar array on the south side of the base,
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