Source: United States Navy
KEFLAVIK, Iceland – Patrol Squadron FOUR (VP-4) successfully conducted a coordinated missile launch with VP-40 using two Air to Surface Missile (AGM-84D) Harpoons against a target barge off the coast of Norway during exercise At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS), May 31, 2021.
Source: United States Navy
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) Sailors visited their ship’s namesake city May 30-31, where they were special guests and participants at several Memorial Day observances while also spending time building relationships with the local residents and walking through the hallowed ground of the Gettysburg National Military Park. Part of the crew stayed overnight on the battlefield in the still bullet riddled “Sherfy House” that withstood the onslaught of rifle and cannon fire of Pickett’s Charge on the final day of the three-day battle.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
On May 28, 2021, pursuant to court orders issued in the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States seized two command-and-control (C2) and malware distribution domains used in recent spear-phishing activity that mimicked email communications from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). This malicious activity was the subject of a May 27, 2021 Microsoft security alert, titled “New sophisticated email-based attack from Nobelium,” in which Microsoft attributed the activity to a nation-state group.
Source: United States Department of Justice 2
A Washington man was arrested on Friday, May 28, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on criminal charges related to his alleged efforts to join Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, in order to engage in violent acts of terrorism in the Middle East or the United States.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Zen-Noh Grain Corp. (ZGC) to divest nine grain elevators in nine geographic areas located in five states along the Mississippi River and its tributaries in order to proceed with its proposed $300 million acquisition of 35 operating and 13 idled grain elevators from Bunge North America Inc.