This month, we focus the AFIMSC Team Spotlight on the Total Force Combat Arms Training and Maintenance (CATM) team at the Desert Defender Readiness Training Center at Fort Bliss, Texas. As a primary engine driving USAF Security Forces AFFORGEN (Air Force Force Generation) readiness, this seamlessly integrated 16-member team—comprising the 203d GCTS, 570th CTS, and 301st SFS OL-Alpha—expertly manages over $10.5 million in weapons and munitions to train 4,800 students annually. The team also supports the Security Forces Weapons School, Large Force Exercises, and all pre-deployment training, executing over 400 deployment firing and heavy weapons courses each year. Through these efforts, the CATM team ensures Airmen are proficient, equipped, and lethal for worldwide Combatant Command operations.

  The Forest Service, Patriot Restoration Ops, and Clear Lake Environmental Research Center planted 71,000 seedlings east of Nice and Lucerne in Northern California over eight days, restoring forestland burned by the 2018 Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire that scorched 459,123 acres in 53 days. Video recorded July 7, 2026. (Forest Service video by Andrew Avitt)

  MotorTrend executed a special automotive content initiative titled America’s Greatest Drag Race, developed in recognition of the United States’ 250th anniversary. Building on the established World’s Greatest Drag Race franchise, this project highlights American automotive engineering, performance, and general awesomeness through a field of eight vehicles representing a cross-section of U.S. performance brands. Designed as a large-scale visual spectacle in celebration of America’s 250th birthday, the involvement of the United States Air Force is intended as an honorary and symbolic element, respectfully highlighting the service, its personnel, and its role in supporting a project that underscores national pride, innovation, and excellence.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas R. Funke, Electronics technician with CGC David Duren, shows off the David Duren at Coast Guard Base Seattle, WA, June 23, 2026. Funke gives a tour around a Fast Response Cutter (FRC) (U.S. Coast Guard video by Public Affairs 3rd Class Adrian Sanchez Villa)