ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Feb. 29, 2016) - An infantry unit goes into an area recently held by insurgents and finds evidence of a biological agent laboratory. Chemical biological experts arrive on the scene in protective suits and determine that they were weaponizing ricin. The warfighters in the unit need to know if they have been exposed, and fast. The U.S. Army … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
Hurricane Hunters Fly Research Missions Into Atmospheric Rivers
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFNS) -- The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, “Hurricane Hunters,” spent Feb. 11-24 flying through "atmospheric rivers" in the Pacific Ocean stretching from Hawaii to U.S. West Coast in efforts to improve storm predictions. The squadron teamed up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, Scripps … [Read more...]
Exercise Iron Fist 2016: Final Push; U.S. Marines, Sailors, Japanese Soldiers hit Beach, Beyond for PHIBLEX
FEBRUARY 29, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California - After a month of training at Exercise Iron Fist 2016, U.S. Marines, sailors, and Japanese soldiers concluded Iron Fist training with a scenario based, battalion-sized amphibious landing exercise, or PHIBLEX, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on Feb. 24-27, 2016. PHIBLEX began with the insertion of … [Read more...]
Home-Station Training Taking Big Budget Hit
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 29, 2016) - Combat training centers are being "fully funded" to ensure readiness "to defeat a peer competitor," but units are not being trained enough at the installation level because of budget priorities, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Daniel B. Allyn told lawmakers. Allyn and other Army leaders testified, Feb. 26, at the House … [Read more...]
Air Force Reveals B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber
FEBRUARY 29, 2016, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first rendering of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21, at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 26 in Orlando, Fla., and announced the Air Force will be taking suggestions from Airmen to help decide the name of the bomber. “This aircraft represents the … [Read more...]