WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2015 - The Missile Defense Agency and sailors aboard the USS Carney, USS Gonzalez, and USS Barry successfully completed a flight test involving the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system, according to a Defense Department news release. At approximately 2:30 a.m. EST yesterday, three short-range ballistic missile targets were launched nearly … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
Regional Adaptive Sports Trials Begin
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Feb. 25, 2015) - More than 50 wounded, injured and ill Service members from five military installations converged on Fort Belvoir, Feb. 9-13, to compete in the first of several regional-level sporting events, which will determine which athletes will advance to the Army trials and qualify to compete in a major Department of Defense, or DoD, competition … [Read more...]
Democracy is a Year-Round Business … VOTE!
FEBRUARY 25, 2015, WASHINGTON (NNS) - With the 2014 mid-term election in their wake, Sailors might be tempted to forget about absentee voting and politics in general until 2016. "Not so fast," said Lt. Whit Abraham, the Navy Voting Action Officer. Odd-numbered years are historically considered "off-years" for voting, and draw fewer voters to the polls. So why should Sailors … [Read more...]
New Process to Save Army Money, Yield Cheaper Rounds
McALESTER, Okla. (Feb. 25, 2015) - A new process at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, or MCAAP, will make more recovered projectile bodies viable for reuse in the production of field artillery training rounds and provide the military with a cheaper and safer munition, Army officials said. An estimated 95 percent of obsolete and unserviceable D563 projectile bodies recovered … [Read more...]
National Guard Cyber Protection Teams Announced
February 25, 2015, ARLINGTON, Va. - Army National Guard officials at the National Guard Bureau announced the location plan today for the first three of an eventual 10 new Army National Guard cyber protection teams to be established over the next three fiscal years. The first of three CPTs to be activated in FY16 will be hosted by five states. The first CPT will be hosted by … [Read more...]