June 13, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - Summer is just around the corner and right now is the perfect time to begin putting together your family's summer reading list. Air Force libraries have launched the summer reading program, "Paws to Read" and are planning a host of activities for children, teens and adults. Activities will range by location and … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Army Military Intelligence Soldiers Prepare to Uncage the Cat at Panther Strike 2014
June 13, 2014, CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah - The California National Guard’s 223rd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion is hosting more than 600 Guard, reserve and active component soldiers from across 20 states and Canada who have converged on Camp Williams, Utah, to kick off Panther Strike 2014. The annual training exercise will span the month of June and simulate … [Read more...]
President Obama to Award Medal of Honor
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June 12, 2014, WASHINGTON - On June 19, 2014, President Barack Obama will award Corporal William "Kyle" Carpenter, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. Corporal Carpenter will receive the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving as an Automatic Rifleman with Company F, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 1st … [Read more...]
DARPA’s Plan X Uses New Technologies to ‘See’ Cyber Effects
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2014 - Three years after the Defense Department named cyberspace a new domain of warfare, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is unveiling technologies that soon could make it possible for military leaders and warriors to plan and execute real-time cyber missions in a territory charted so far only by machines. Plan X is a DARPA program … [Read more...]
Program Offers Partially Paid Break From Army
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 12, 2014) - Need some time off to care for a sick or elderly parent or young child? Want to finish that degree by going full-time? Been dreaming of climbing the Alps, but need an extended vacation? The Career Intermission Pilot Program, or CIPP, may be a Soldier's best opportunity to do those or any number of other things, said Albert S. … [Read more...]