09/24/2014: According to a story in Jane’s the USN is converting older missiles as part of the strike package against ISIS. Credit: Navy Media Content Services: 9/22/14 The conversion of 500 missiles will run through to the end of January 2017. Although not mentioned in the Department of Defense's (DoD's)…
2014-09-24 The first use of the F-22 in combat has garnished a fair share of attention. But the F-22 is part of an integrated air operation and only the anomalies of a politically motivated Secretary of Defense kept it on the sidelines in Operation Odyssey Dawn. Enter a new Sec…
2014-09-23 The A400M program is an international program with core partners involved from the beginning, notably Turkey and Malaysia. South Africa is involved in the production process but remains to buy the aircraft, but the prospects seem good for them to do so. The extensive areas to be covered for…
09/23/2014: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a polar icebreaker, on a National Science Foundation-funded research mission rescued a man aboard a 36-foot sailboat trapped in Arctic ice approximately 40 miles northeast of Barrow, Alaska, July 12, 2014. Coast Guard 17th District watchstanders in Juneau were contacted by North Slope Borough…
09/23/2014: Ships and aircraft sank the decommissioned former USS Fresno (LST 1182) September 15, 2014 in waters 18,000 feet deep, 215 nautical miles northeast of Guam as part of the exercise Valiant Shield 2014. Credit: III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific:9/19/14 The participating sinking exercise (SINKEX) units…
2014-09-22 In a Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Gooden, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Public Affairs published on 9/17/14: ANDERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Guam - Soldiers from the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Headquarters; Battery C, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery (Regiment) and Task…
2014-09-22 In our series looking back at the achievements of Secretary Wynne in DOD, we are highlighting key aspects of acquisition innovation. We are both highlighting specific accomplishments, but highlighting more general lessons to be learned about how to foster innovation. In this interview with “Raleigh” Durham, a veteran of…
09/22/2014:U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division assault and defend an objective for a long range raid and defense against represented Soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 294 Infantry Regiment, Guam National Guard during exercise Valiant Shield 14 (VS 14) on Northfield, Tinian, Commonwealth Northern Mariana…
