WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2014 - During a winter weekend in Pittsburgh, more than 50 cadets and midshipmen from three service academies sat elbow to elbow at nine round tables in a packed room. They’d been training since November to compete in a pilot program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency called the Service Academy Cyber Stakes. Competitors at the Jan. … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2014
Corps’ FY 2014 Reenlistment Challenges
Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Feb. 14, 2014 - The Marine Corps has changed its business practices when it comes to reenlisting during fiscal year 2014. Marines currently have until February 28, 2014, to put in their reenlistment or extension packages to stay in the Corps. “Per Marine Administrative Message 026/14, the update to the FY14 Enlisted … [Read more...]
Brain Injury Center Releases Care Guidance for Concussions
SILVER SPRING, Md., Feb. 14, 2014 - While treatment for moderate to severe brain injuries has long been studied, mild cases, or concussions, have only recently been recognized as requiring standard care, officials at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center here said. After the center’s medical staff and numerous collaborators found that concussions and similar … [Read more...]
Soldiers Skid to 14th Place in Olympic Luge Doubles
SOCHI, Russia (Army News Service, Feb. 14, 2014) - Team USA's Utah National Guard Sgt. Preston Griffall and New York Army National Guard Sgt. Matt Mortensen finished 14th in Olympic luge doubles, after skidding in turn five of their second run, at the Sanki Sliding Center Wednesday night. "The second run was quite the wild ride," Griffall said. "There were a lot of problems. … [Read more...]
SecAF Outlines Plan to Address ‘Systemic Problems’
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2014 (AFNS) - Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James shared her observations from her visit with airmen across the ICBM community following revelations of a proficiency-test cheating scandal at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., last month. Speaking to an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, James discussed her visits to bases in … [Read more...]