Happy #ArmedForcesDay from your United States Navy Band, along with the help of our friends from other branches. Celebrated the third Saturday in May, Armed Forces Day honors the men and women actively serving in the U.S. military. The Secretary of Defense announced the creation of this day in 1949, to replace separate branch specific days. Thank you to all who have served! Airmen of Note The United States Air Force Band "The President's Own" United States Marine Band The United States Army Band

A Royal Air Force Atlas transport aircraft has flown from Oxfordshire to Morocco to parachute essential supplies to British soldiers on the ground, in what is the longest-range airdrop performed by the RAF’s Atlas Force. The Atlas C1 (A400M) departed from RAF Brize Norton and a few hours later was 1,400 miles away dropping multiple packages to a small drop zone near Marrakech. Once on the ground the packages, known as Container Delivery Systems or CDS, were collected by paratroopers from the Bri