March 2021 – Page 6 – Security News Ngin

March 26, 2021

Defense News in Brief: MCPON Visits Sailors Supporting Community Vaccination Center

Source: United States Navy

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith visited Sailors supporting the Community Vaccination Center at York College in Jamaica, Queens, NY March 24.
One hundred and thirty-nine Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine East and Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two are supporting one of two CVCs in New York as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Health and Human Services national effort to speed the pace of COVID-19 vaccination administration efforts.

March 26, 2021

Security News in Brief: Michigan Businessman Charged with Tax Evasion Among Other Offenses

Source: United States Department of Justice

A federal grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, returned an indictment yesterday charging a Bloomfield Hills businessman with tax evasion, attempting to obstruct the internal revenue laws, making a false statement, and willful failure to file his own individual income tax return.

March 25, 2021

Security News in Brief: Readout of U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s Participation in the Virtual Ministerial with Home Affairs Ministers of the G6 Countries

Source: United States Department of Justice

Earlier today, U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland met virtually with the Home Affairs Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom to advance cooperation against transnational crime, terrorism, and malign foreign interference. During the constructive dialogue, leaders discussed enhancing international sharing of law enforcement information, including through INTERPOL, and also addressed particular threats such as online child sexual exploitation and abuse, and trafficking and smuggling of humans. The ministerial was the Attorney General’s first international engagement in office.

March 25, 2021

Defense News in Brief: Female Warfare Tactics Instructors Lead Warship Rushmore

Source: United States Navy

Cmdr. Emily Royse, an Amphibious Warfare (AMW) Warfare Tactics Instructor (WTI) from South Pasadena, Calif., became the first female WTI to command at-sea in a Cmdr command, when she assumed command of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) February 4, 2021.

March 25, 2021

Security News in Brief: Antitrust Division Issues 2021 Annual Newsletter

Source: United States Department of Justice 2

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today issued the 2021 edition of its annual Spring Newsletter. The newsletter highlights the division’s recent activities and successes on civil and criminal enforcement, diversity initiatives, international cooperation, and competition advocacy. The newsletter also includes a message from Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers.