The Air Force Sergeants Association tapped SSgt. Yusef Saad, a native of Puerto Rico and a mobile fuels shift supervisor with the 347th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Moody AFB, Ga., for its First Term Airman of the Year award.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.