MARCH 18, 2015, YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea - After two weeks of training, participants in the annual military training exercise Key Resolve have packed up their equipment and are homeward bound. Among those were nearly two dozen Soldiers assigned to the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 213th Regional Support Group. The Soldiers deployed from the United States to … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2015
Space Planning Essential to Battle Success
MARCH 17, 2015, AIR BASE, South Korea (AFNS) - "Space, the final frontier," can mean a lot to people in different careers, but is the vast blackness filled with mesmerizing intergalactic-lights important to today's warfighter? According to Capt. Jamil Brown, the 607th Air Operations Center chief of space plans, space is a newer concept to warfighting, and his team worked to … [Read more...]
MACS-4, Ready to Roll
MARCH 17, 2015, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa, Japan - Marines crowd around a Humvee to witness, what some consider, a phenomenon. “We call it a unicorn, because you may hear about it, but you’ll almost never see it,” said Chief Warrant Officer Sean C. Flores. Marine Air Control Squadron 4 reached 100% equipment readiness when the last bolt was … [Read more...]
Combat Rations Database Allows Soldiers to Learn About Meals, Ready-to-Eat Nutrition
NATICK, Mass. (March 17, 2015) - When Soldiers rip open meals, ready-to-eat, also known as MRE, in a combat zone, most people probably are thinking more about flavor and filling their stomachs than about the nutrition. However, that does not mean nutrition is not important. The new online combat rations database, or ComRaD, formally launched earlier this month by the … [Read more...]
Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Gets First-hand Look at Cyber Training
MARCH 17, 2015, PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) - The deputy director of Naval Intelligence, Lynn Wright, toured and visited with students in various cyber, intelligence and information systems classes at the Center for Information Dominance (CID) March 10. Wright was briefed on cyber training and visited with students from various military branches attending the Joint Cyber Analysis, … [Read more...]