JUNE 20, 2017, WASHINGTON (NNS) - The Navy announced several changes Tuesday to its Physical Readiness Program in NAVADMIN 141/17, including an incentive for Sailors to validate one physical readiness test (PRT) each year based on their fitness performance. Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Robert Burke said that during his fleet visits he often hears ideas from Sailors on … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
Prototypes Rapidly Deliver Cyber Capabilities
JUNE 20, 2017, WASHINGTON - Serving as "test drives" for possible Army systems of the future, prototypes are playing an increasingly vital role as a natural bridge between emerging technologies and more mature solutions that are part of official programs of record. While prototypes are not perfect solutions, they are an essential interim step that deliver initial … [Read more...]
Raider Reconnaissance Operator’s Course Trains Amphibious Warriors of the Pacific
JUNE 20, 2017, MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii - The training focused on safe surf passage with the Zodiac inflatable craft, swimming, and procedures for making landfall/securing a beach. “The exercise we just completed was an evaluated 2k fin,” said Cpl. Samuel Perry, a reconnaissance raider team operator with 3rd Radio Battalion Reconnaissance. “When we got to … [Read more...]
Cyber X-Games 2017
JUNE 19, 2017, PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Approximately 48 U.S. military personnel working in cyber defense representing units from the 335th Signal Command (Theater), the Defense Information Systems Agency, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Pennsylvania National Guard, and Pennsylvania Air National Guard, began this year's advanced challenge for Cyber X-Games 2017, June 15 … [Read more...]
Marines and Sailors Prepare to Make Waves at Sail Boston 2017
JUNE 19, 2017, USS WHIDBEY ISLAND - Marines and sailors from across the Department of Defense gathered aboard the USS Whidbey Island to set sail towards Boston, Massachusetts, for Sail Boston 2017, June 12, 2017. The Marines and Sailors are participating in the event in order to showcase the strengths of America’s amphibious fighting force to civilians in Boston. “This is … [Read more...]