Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), weathered Hurricane Irene Aug. 28, armed with only a skeleton crew and robust safety information.

While many Navy ships homeported in Norfolk got underway to avoid the storm, Enterprise was moved to Norfolk Naval Shipyard because the location was deemed safer for ships unable to get underway.

The mood was bitter sweet at the U.S. Army Materiel Command during a change of responsibility ceremony and farewell to a relic in Army history.

Jeffrey J. Mellinger, AMC's outgoing command sergeant major, turned over responsibility to Command Sergeant Major Ronald T. Riling, incoming command sergeant major.

Mellinger's final assignment as AMC's command sergeant major is culminated his nearly 40 year career, which began in 1972 during the Vietnam War. He is the last continuously serving draftee on active duty.

PHNOM PENH, Kingdom of Cambodia — Marines from Okinawa traveled to Cambodia to refresh their skills and increase combined-joint interoperability by providing support for a U.S. Army jumpmaster course here Aug. 14-21.

Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conducted training, while providing support to soldiers with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), during the course.

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) -- More than 300 Airmen assigned to the 20th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., arrived here recently to replace the 96th EBS in support of U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence.

The rotation of bomber aircraft is specifically designed to enhance regional security and demonstrate the U.S.'s commitment to stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

National Hurricane Center officials issued a number of advisories for the East Coast Aug. 25 in preparation for Hurricane Irene.

Airmen, civilian personnel and their families at Air Combat Command units and installations near the projected path of a hurricane should take steps to adequately prepare, said the Air Combat Command emergency management functional manager.

"You want to make sure you have a stockpile of supplies readily available at your home that can be used to sustain you for approximately three days," said Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Hatcher.

Redstone Arsenal has helped form the nation's new strategy against improvised explosives devices.

Military and public safety bomb squads participated Aug. 15-19 in an interoperability exercise at the Hazardous Devices School. The Department of Army resourced it while the school did the planning and execution.

NAHA PORT OKINAWA, Japan — Navy airmen from Strike Fighter Attack Squadron 94 arrived in Okinawa via High Speed Vessel Saturday to participate in exercise Habu Fire II here.

Habu Fire II is a joint-training exercise where VFA-94, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214 and 18th Fighter Wing work together performing and improving efficiency in air-to-air operations.

This course is unique because it allows Marines, Navy airmen and Air Force airmen the opportunity to work together and learn how each branch accomplishes the mission.

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) reached an aviation milestone Aug. 23, completing the 20,000th arrested landing since the ship's commissioning in 2009.

The event occurred in the Arabian Sea while Bush was conducting flight operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Lt. Cmdr. Chris R. Swanson, from Carrier Air Wing 8, landed an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 124 at 7:42 p.m. to reach the milestone.

Swanson made the historic trap just one month before he transfers to instructor duty.

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