SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill., November 14, 2013 (AFNS) - Air Mobility Command officials recently introduced an innovative tool that is transforming the command's process for gathering and prioritizing Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence, or C4I, requirements, and will soon be expanded to include other requirements. The Enterprise Requirements … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2013
VA Approves $8.8 Million in Grants to Provide Transportation and Housing for Homeless Veterans
WASHINGTON (November 13, 2013) - The Department of Veterans Affairs has approved $8.8 million in grants to fund 164 projects in 37 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to rehabilitate currently operational transitional housing projects and acquire vans to facilitate the transportation needs of homeless Veterans. “President Obama has made eliminating … [Read more...]
Results from Army, University Tests Could Improve Auto, Aviation Industry Standards
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Nov. 13, 2013) - Results from a recent study that looked at how battlefield-born vibrations, like those from blasts and heavy armored vehicles, for example, are leading research scientists to rethink military vehicle testing and evaluation methods that could also, eventually, improve automotive and aviation industry standards. A group of Army … [Read more...]
Four Additional Ospreys Deploy to Philippines
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP S. D. BUTLER, OKINAWA, Japan, November 13, 2013 - Four additional MV-22B Ospreys departed Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Nov. 13 to support Operation Damayan, a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operation in the Republic of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. As of Tuesday 129,000 pounds of relief supplies have been … [Read more...]
NGB Chief Frank Grass Talks of ‘Tough Isues’ on Troop Visit in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (11/13/13) - Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visited Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2013, during an overseas trip to meet with deployed Guard members and Regional Command (South) leadership. During the visit, Grass, who is the highest-ranking officer in the National Guard and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, … [Read more...]