Pacific Air Forces is collecting gifts and presents for the 53rd installment of Operation Christmas Drop across the Pacific islands. Called the longest running, organization airdrop in the world by Stars and Stripes, the event is set to kick off on Dec. 4 and will conclude on Dec. 6 after three C-130s of the 36th Airlift Squadron at Andersen AFB, Guam, complete drops over 55 islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Marianas. Read more about the drop here.
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.