JULY 19, 2016, SINGAPORE (NNS) - The 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and Republic of Singapore Armed Forces held opening ceremonies at Changi Naval Base July 19. CARAT Singapore 2016 will consist of nearly two weeks of shore-based and at-sea training engagements in multiple warfare areas. The … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2016
New York Chinooks Pick It Up at 5,000-Soldier Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise
JULY 19, 2016, FORT POLK, La. - Two-dozen New York Army National Guard aircrew and aviators from Rochester are preparing for a deployment to Afghanistan early in 2017 while also participating in the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Teams Joint Readiness Training Center exercise at Fort Polk with 5,000 other Soldiers. The Joint Training Center allows Army units to conduct combat … [Read more...]
Bug-Hunting Computers to Compete in DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2016 - On Aug. 4 in Las Vegas, seven computers will compete in the first all-machine cyber defense tournament, the result of a multiyear effort by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to bring autonomy to the problem of making computers secure. Mike Walker, program manager for DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, discussed what the agency and the seven … [Read more...]
NITROS Boosts Information Warfare at Trident Warrior
JULY 19, 2016, SAN DIEGO (NNS) - Representatives from the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) provided Sailors an early look at automated data analytic capabilities during a successful demonstration July 8-14, as part of Trident Warrior, one of them being NITROS. The technologies enable Sailors to … [Read more...]
Vietnam Aviator Awarded Medal of Honor for Cheating Death, Saving Dozens of Lives
JULY 19, 2016, WASHINGTON - Retired Army Lt. Col. Charles Kettles is a Vietnam aviator awarded Medal of Honor during a White House Ceremony on Monday, July 18, by President Barack Obama. "You couldn't make this up. It's like a bad Rambo movie," Obama said, describing the harrowing exploits of then-Maj. Kettles, on that fateful day, May 15, 1967, in "Chump Valley," South … [Read more...]