SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, FORT KNOX, Ky. - Soldiers with the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 2061st Multi-role Bridge Company recently took part in operational testing of the new XM30 Bridge Erection Boat, which is scheduled to replace the 30-year-old MK II BEB used during bridging operations across rivers and other bodies of water. The Soldiers from the 2061st MRBC joined … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
Air Force Research Laboratory Discovering What’s “Bugging” Military Aircraft
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - As any aircraft maintainer can attest, corrosion is a major factor affecting the overall health of military aircraft. Anything from changing temperatures to environmental factors can precipitate corrosion. One major contributor, however, is often overlooked -- microbes. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s … [Read more...]
U.S. Soldiers Help Combat Poaching with Tanzania Rangers
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, TANZANIA, Africa - The African elephant can be as tall as 14 feet, weigh more than 15,000 pounds, and live up to 70 years. The already formidable animal's sharp tusks can grow as long as 10 feet, which serve as additional insurance against any would-be predators. It's a sad irony then, that these tusks are also the reason some African Elephant populations … [Read more...]
Surviving Inside the Outback for Exercise Kowari
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia - Without food, water or shelter, thirty participants from the U.S. Marine Corps and Army, Australian Army, and the People’s Liberation Army have survived inside the outback. Marines and soldiers from the three countries had to work together during Exercise Kowari, a survival training exercise, from August 27 to September 9 near … [Read more...]
Navy Region Southeast Hosts Navy Wounded Warrior Safe Harbor Symposium and Resource Fair
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) - Navy Region Southeast hosted a Navy Wounded Warrior Safe Harbor Symposium and Resource Fair Sept. 8, at Naval Air Station Jacksonville. NWW provides more than 4,000 Sailors and Coast Guardsmen and their families with non-medical assistance while they recover from serious illness or injury. Program participants from around the … [Read more...]