News - Northern Mariana Islands

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Aug. 12 CHamoru Standard Time that the department will allow eligible veterans to submit and track mileage-only travel claims directly through the VA Health and Benefits mobile app.

Engineers with the 513th Expeditionary Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers Squadron painted "Leading the Way" on a bulldozer in Tinian, as homage to Air Force civil engineers in the region during the 1940s, as shown in the July 18 photo. The group was in Tinian to reclaim the runway for future construction. 

In a somber ceremony, Chief Justice Alexandro C. Castro, Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court, administered the oath of office to now Gov. David M. Apatang and Lt. Gov. Dennis C. Mendiola on the morning of July 24.