September 9, 2014, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas (AFNS) - The U.S. Air Force is bringing back its "Aim High" advertising slogan after a 15-year hiatus with the launch of the "I am an American Airman" recruiting campaign Sept. 8. The integrated campaign, created by the Air Force's advertising agency, GSD&M, includes three commercial spots as well as new video … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2014
Future Fires: Integrating Technology Solutions
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Sept. 9, 2014) - Army leaders are looking to the future force and seeking to be revolutionary in their thinking about integrating technology, according to current guidance from the Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno. Department of Defense doctrine describes fires as the use of weapons systems "to create a specific lethal or nonlethal … [Read more...]
CSA Discusses Army Operating Concept with Army War College Class of 2015
CARLISLE, Pa. (Sept. 9, 2014) - Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno sought an opportunity early in the academic year to address the U.S. Army War College Class of 2015, and made them the first major audience with whom he shared the strategic concepts of the new Army Operating Concept, scheduled for later formal release. The new Army Operating Concept for Unified Land … [Read more...]
Disruptive Technology: How the Army Research Laboratory Will Change the Future
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Sept. 9, 2014) - Scientists are unlocking the mysteries of power, energy and lethality in the search for new materials and technologies. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory conducts fundamental research, which endeavors to provide revolutionary capabilities to the Army of 2025, and beyond. In the science of lethality and protection, we face … [Read more...]
Pentagon Confirms Death of al-Shabab Co-founder
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2014 - Ahmed Abdi al-Muhammad, also known Ahmed Godane, the co-founder of the al-Shabab jihadist group, was killed Sept. 1 in a U.S. airstrike in Somalia, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby confirmed. “The U.S. military undertook operations against Godane on Sept. 1, which led to his death,” Kirby said in a statement. … [Read more...]