Defense News in Brief: Multiple Allied Carrier Strike Groups Operate Together in 7th Fleet

Source: United States Navy

PHILIPPINE SEA – U.S. Navy carrier strike groups led by flagships USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) joined with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JS Ise (DDH 182) and the United Kingdom’s carrier strike group (CSG 21) led by HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) to conduct multiple carrier strike group operations in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 3.

Security News in Brief: Moline Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Charges

Source: United States Department of Justice News

DAVENPORT, Iowa – Michael Terrell Richardson, of Moline, Illinois, was sentenced on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 180 months in prison for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime and Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base. Richardson was ordered to serve five years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $200 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.

Security News in Brief: Two Executives Plead Guilty to Large-Scale Visa Fraud Employment Scheme

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Two Florida business executives and a Florida-based company pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of Georgia to charges related to their roles in a scheme to recruit and hire foreign nationals who were not authorized to work in the United States to fill temporary housekeeping and food service positions and commit various other criminal immigration offenses for profit.