MAY 2, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Naval District Washington hosted a 5-kilometer race to help benefit the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., April 28. More than 50 runners endured the steady and cold rain to participate in the first 5K race as a culminating event for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Active Duty Fund … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
KC-135 Crews Support KC-46A Testing Missions
MAY 2, 2016, MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. (AFNS) - Sixty-year-old KC-135 Stratotankers from McConnell Air Force Base recently supported the new KC-46A Pegasus testing and evaluation missions in Washington. The KC-135s, which currently serve as the backbone of the air refueling fleet, provided refueling support to receiver and chase aircraft participating in the KC-46A … [Read more...]
Preparing to Bring the Boom to Anakonda 16
MAY 2, 2016, GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, Germany - Soldiers from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, continue to shoot gunnery in Bulgaria, Romania, Germany and Poland as they prepare for Exercise Anakonda 16. The gunnery tables qualify Abrams Main Battle Tank and Bradley Fighting Vehicle crews, sections and platoons to ensure the brigade has trained … [Read more...]
Big Data, Security, and the Military
May 2, 2016, by David McCauley - The intelligence community deals in data. They collect, analyze, and disseminate information of every type. This includes human intelligence, images, sounds, signals, and everything else you can think of. They collect it on-site, they ‘borrow’ it from other agencies, and even use the world wide web. In fact, ‘web’ is one word to describe the … [Read more...]