The windows fogged up, rain fell down, and their bodies fought to stay warm, but the Marines pushed through these conditions and watched the road ahead – prepared for any situation.

Approximately 50 Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group conducted deployment situations during a field exercise from Dec. 11 to 13.

Video by NORAD Tracks Santa

The afternoon sky was still and silent just before a thunderous HH-60G Pave Hawk landed thrusting 100 mph winds. Out jumped three pararescuemen assessing possible threats in all directions as they headed to aid an injured member of a friendly force.

The 38th Rescue Squadron and 823rd Base Defense Squadron recently wrapped up a three-day training exercise here designed to prepare for missions downrange and to familiarize with each other's operations.

The Army is one step closer to issuing an updated version of its ballistic underwear after a recent review and approval by the U.S. Army Public Health Command.

Experts in the command's Health Hazard Assessment, or HHA, Program completed an occupational health assessment of the new protective outer garments and undergarments, and provided recommendations on how to minimize any risks.

What was meant to be an overwhelming ambush quickly shifted into a rolling engagement on multiple fronts for the Marines of Charlie Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group.

The first shots of the fight came from 2nd Platoon’s rear flank as it waited to pounce on another group of Marines during the company’s dismounted patrol training, Dec. 13.

More than 80 U.S. Army officers and NCOs donned the crossed scroll and sword of the Civil Affairs regiment for the first time Sept. 21 during a ceremony on Fort Bragg's John F. Kennedy Plaza, marking their official entry into the U.S. Army's Civil Affairs branch.

Returned this week from a trip to Kosovo, the commander of NATO and U.S. European Command recognized the 5,000 NATO forces that continue to preserve the peace there and said he hopes to reduce their numbers in 2013 if the situation allows.

Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, writing in his command blog, recalled the 1990s when almost 60,000 NATO troops conducted peacekeeping missions in the Balkans, sometimes engaging in vigorous combat.

It's the number one question that everyone wants answered on Christmas Eve -- where is Santa and when is he getting to my house?

A team of trackers at the North American Aerospace Command is gearing up to keep youngsters and the young-at-heart up to date on Santa's whereabouts with its annual NORAD tracks Santa campaign. "It's just a great program," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bill Lewis of NORAD. "It's just innocence. It doesn't matter where in the world children are calling from, children are children."

A Marine with Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group saved the life of one of his own in the pre-dawn hours, Dec. 11.

Maj. Matthew D. Reis, the adjutant for CLR-2, received the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his exceptional situational awareness and immediate action after saving another Marine from taking his own life.