May 20, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The one thing everyone wants, and needs, is more Air Force, Undersecretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning told Airmen during a town-hall meeting and members of the Fifth Annual National Summit on Strategic Communications at the Washington Plaza Hotel recently. Fanning’s message to both groups had the common thread of the Air Force … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Natick Takes Protective Eyewear Into Future
NATICK, Mass. (May 19, 2014) - When it comes to the very best in vision protection for the warfighter, researchers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center make sure the eyes have it. "Eyesight is fundamental to a Soldier's job, making vision protection of critical importance," said Brian Kimball, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, … [Read more...]
‘Wings of Blue’ to Celebrate Golden Anniversary
May 19, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - This weekend the U.S. Air Force Academy parachute team, Wings of Blue, will celebrated a milestone -- 50 years of "standing in the door." Many things have changed during the past 50 years for the team, but the one constant has been "standing in the door" -that moment when a cadet is standing in the open door of … [Read more...]
Under SecArmy Carson Stresses Network Modernization, Thanks Troops at Fort Bliss
FORT BLISS, Texas (May 19, 2014) - Trading Beltway briefings for a Black Hawk and a backpack, Undersecretary of the Army Brad R. Carson visited what he described as one of the Army's premier installations to highlight one of the service's top modernization priorities, the tactical communications network. Less than a week after he was formally sworn in for his new position, … [Read more...]
Naval War College Conference Addresses Counterproliferation
May 16, 2014, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a major challenge to global security, and representatives from 21 nations addressed the problem this week during a meeting that ended today at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. The delegations attending the Proliferation Security Initiative operational experts group meeting focused on … [Read more...]