NATICK, Mass. (June 30, 2015) - Army researchers have teamed up with the Tufts University School of Engineering to create the Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, or Center for ABCs. The center is co-directed by Dr. Caroline Mahoney, team leader for the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, or NSRDEC, cognitive science team, and … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Late at Night There Are Marines at Work; What it Takes to Keep Our Aircraft Running
Saturday, June 30, 2015 - The USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) flight line is always active. Going to the flight-line at night, one will encounter the Marines that keep aircraft running. The night crewmen with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (REINFORCED) conduct maintenance on aircraft between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. every day aboard the USS Kearsarge. From regularly scheduled … [Read more...]
Army Takes Chairman’s Cup in Medals Blowout at Warrior Games
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Army News Service, June 30, 2015) - The Army ruled almost every category on its way to grabbing the Chairman's Cup for the second straight year at the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games held at this historic Marine Corps base. "That very first event, cycling, is what really brought this team together," said Sgt. 1st Class Keoki Smythe, … [Read more...]
Team Navy Brings Home 43 Medals from Warrior Games 2015
JUNE 30, 2015, QUATICO, Va. (NNS) - The 39 seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen who competed on behalf of Team Navy won 43 medals -- including 12 gold medals -- at the sixth annual Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games June 19 - 28 in Quantico, Virginia. Major Gen. Juan G. Ayala, commander, Marine Corps Installations Command, said about the DoD … [Read more...]
Test Flight Completed After F-35B Modifications
JUNE 30, 2015, HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AFNS) - The Ogden Air Logistics Complex completed an F-35B Lightning II functional check flight here June 18, after the first depot-level short take off and vertical landing modifications were completed on two F-35Bs for the Marine Corps. Lt. Col. Kevin Hall, a member of the 514th Flight Test Squadron and the first depot test pilot … [Read more...]