JULY 30, 2019 - Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, skills are vital to maintaining a skilled and ready force. The Defense Department has demonstrated its commitment to STEM through a number of learning opportunities for students from elementary school through graduate school to help inspire the next generation of service members. One way DOD helps to … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2019
ISIS Caliphate Is Gone, But Threat Remains, Dunford Says
JULY 29, 2019 - There can be no doubt that the strategy to drive ISIS from its so-called caliphate in Syria and Iraq has succeeded, but that doesn't mean the struggle against the ideology is over, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Baghdad. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford met with U.S. and coalition leaders in Iraq's capital to discuss the next steps in the … [Read more...]
USNS Spearhead Supports Fleet Experimentation
JULY 29, 2019 - The Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1) recently completed a two-day underway. Spearhead sailed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Key West, Fla., to conduct fleet experiments with multiple unmanned aerial and undersea systems, to include the V-BAT vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial … [Read more...]
Warship USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) Brought to Life
JULY 29, 2019 - The Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 27. The ship’s namesake, Paul Ignatius, served honorably as Secretary of the Navy under President Lyndon Johnson from 1967 to 1969 and as a commissioned lieutenant during World War II aboard the … [Read more...]
Secretary Esper Thanks Soldiers in Farewell Message
JULY 26, 2019 - Being secretary of the Army was "a dream of a lifetime," said Mark T. Esper, during his farewell address in the role a day after swearing in as defense secretary. To him, the event was a chance to say thank you to everyone he's worked with and who "brought the Army to the next level," adding today is not about "me," it's about "we." The ceremony, hosted … [Read more...]