MAY 14, 2019 - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff accepted the Eisenhower Award May 10 from the National Defense Industrial Association on behalf of all service members and called on the organization to encourage members to cooperate with the Defense Department to ensure service members never fight in a fair fight. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford noted that NDIA, which … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2019
Navy Announces Universal Training Precautions for Physical Exercise
MAY 14, 2019 - The U.S. Navy released NAVADMIN 108/19, May 10, alerting Sailors and command leadership of the importance of universal training precautions (UTP) to reduce the risk of exercise-related collapse and death during physical exercise, to include the Physical Readiness Test (PRT) and command physical training. As part of military readiness, Sailors are expected to … [Read more...]
New Radio System Enables Marines to Simultaneously Monitor Multiple Networks
MAY 13, 2019 - The Marine Corps’ radio systems are getting smaller, lighter and more capable. The Corps plans to employ multichannel radio systems that enable Marines to simultaneously monitor two radio networks. The capability will enhance situational awareness and increase the speed of execution on the battlefield. The system’s multichannel functionality is the first of … [Read more...]
Machine Learning and AI – Its Effect on the Battlefield
MAY 10, 2019 - Imagine a bomber calling 911 threatening to blow up a school. A technician does a voice analysis of that phone call and determines the caller is a male in his mid-twenties, high on cocaine, and making the call from a room with a low ceiling. Most importantly, the technician can reconstruct his face from an algorithm analyzing vocal cords. This is not the future, … [Read more...]
Next F-35 Training Squadron to be Located at Eglin AFB
MAY 10, 2019 - The Air Force announced May 9 Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the preferred alternative to receive an additional F-35A Lighting II training squadron. Eglin AFB was the location of the F-35 initial joint training site hosting Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps F-35s. The Marine Corps relocated its F-35Bs in 2014 and the Navy announced its plans to relocate … [Read more...]