June 30, 2014, White House Press Office - President Obama met with Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan D. Gibson and Rob Nabors to receive an update on efforts to improve care for veterans through the VA health care system. They reported to the President on VA’s progress in implementing reforms and briefed him on the separate site visits they made to a dozen VA … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
IHS Launches Veterans Hiring Initiative
June 27, 2014, White House Office of Communications - The Indian Health Service (IHS) has launched a Veterans Hiring Initiative with the goal of increasing veteran new hires from 6 percent to 9 percent over the next two years. Veterans hired by the agency would increase by 50 percent with this initiative. The IHS will recruit veterans by setting hiring goals, engaging in … [Read more...]
Changes to U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine Policy
June 27, 2014, White House Office of Communications - The United States announced today that it will not produce or otherwise acquire any anti-personnel landmines (APL) in the future, including to replace expiring stockpiles. The announcement, delivered at the Third Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention in Maputo, Mozambique, underscores the U.S. commitment to the … [Read more...]
Joint Communications Interoperability Critical to Warfighters
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Army News Service, June 27, 2014) - Napoleon Bonaparte once said that "the secret of war lies in the communications." This is as true today as it was two centuries ago. The Army, along with its sister services, allies and first responders from across the country tested those lines of communications during a month-long Joint Users … [Read more...]
7th Fleet Tests Innovative Missile Defense System
June 27, 2014, GUAM (NNS) - U.S. 7th Fleet and the Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) tested how radar-absorbing, carbon-fiber clouds can prevent a missile from detecting and striking its target, June 21-25. The Navy tested these manmade clouds, called maritime obscurant generator prototypes, to assess their tactical effectiveness for anti-ship missile defense. The … [Read more...]