JULY 9, 2015, JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) - Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast announced July 8 that it will hire approximately 200 new employees over the next six months for a variety of positions throughout the southeast region of the U.S. including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "We have a lot of hard to fill positions," said NAVFAC Southeast Business Director … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2015
Greywolf Soldiers Test Potential Upgrades to Combat Vehicles
FORT HOOD, Texas (July 9, 2015) - When clearing a building or room, some infantrymen use the term "fatal funnel" in reference to doorways. The funnel is a chokepoint, where Soldiers tend to bunch up and make themselves vulnerable to attack. Similarly, Soldiers riding in the back of an M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle are confined to a relatively small space, and have to wait … [Read more...]
GWCSG Improves Combat Efficiency With Dynamic War-at-Sea Exercise During Talisman Sabre
JULY 9, 2015, TIMOR SEA (NNS) - The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG), the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy completed a dynamic war-at-sea exercise (WASEX) as part of Talisman Sabre 2015 (TS15), July 8-9. WASEX simulated searching for and engaging hostile surface warships in order to improve joint interoperability, assess carrier strike … [Read more...]
Dempsey: Risk Will be Part of Any Strategy Against ISIL
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2015 - In the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, there are risks if exercising patience, or in taking action, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Senate Armed Services Committee, and it is his job to assess those risks and provide the best military advice to U.S. civilian leaders. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and Defense … [Read more...]
Breakthrough in Solar Cell Research Results in Patent
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (July 8, 2015) - U.S. Army researchers have developed a tiny photovoltaic solar cell for the conversion of light energy into electrical energy that it resulted in a patent. The patent reveals a new kind of photovoltaic solar cell with significantly reduced size and cost compared with current solar cells. Dr. Michael Scalora, a research physicist at … [Read more...]