May 7, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - President Barack Obama nominated May 5, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. to serve as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva to serve as the 10th vice chairman. During an announcement in the White House Rose Garden, the president said that among military leaders, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2015
FCC/C10F Releases Strategic Plan
MAY 7, 2015, WASHINGTON (NNS) - U.S. 10th Fleet (FCC/C10F) released its updated strategic plan, May 6, during a media roundtable at the Pentagon. Vice Adm. Jan E. Tighe, commander, FCC/C10F, met with members of the media to discuss the plan and the Navy's way forward in the cyberspace domain. "A lot of work had been done since our inception in 2010 and the world has … [Read more...]
Taking Care of People for Mission’s Sake
MAY 7, 2015, PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) - Military members are often told the mission comes first, but for Jane-Marie Kopycinski, military members and their families are the mission -- and some might argue the most critical component of the force. Kopycinski, a 21st Force Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Center (A&FRC) consultant, spent her first 10 … [Read more...]
Navy Ends Accompaniment of U.S., British Vessels
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2015 - With no further incidents following actions by Iran that led to Navy ships accompanying U.S.- and British-flagged commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz since May 1, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command ceased the mission, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters yesterday. The Navy ships accompanied the U.S. and British ships … [Read more...]
DOD Lab Day to Showcase Groundbreaking Technologies
MAY 6, 2015, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - The Air Force Research Laboratory will have a unique opportunity to showcase some of its groundbreaking technologies at the first ever Department of Defense Lab Day to be held at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 14. The goal of the event is to increase awareness of DOD laboratory research projects and examples … [Read more...]