Honoring fallen heroes, Coast Guard’s $2.2 Billion illegal drug seizure, new aircraft takes flight, possible DOD name change
The Coast Guard cutter Hamilton offloads more than 76,140 pounds of illicit narcotics at Port Everglades, Fla., Aug. 25, 2025. This is the largest cocaine offload to date in Coast Guard history, with the assistance of partner agencies, during counterdrug operations in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Courtesy photo by Coast Guard
This week, the Defense Department paused Aug. 26 to honor those who lost their lives to a suicide bombing attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021.
The attack, carried out by a bomber affiliated with ISIS-Khorasan and wearing an improvised explosive device, killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians at Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate.
