JULY 15,2020 - During July 2020, the Navy College Virtual Education Center (NCVEC) marked its 10-year anniversary of assisting Sailors with virtual education counseling and tuition assistance support all over the world. The Virtual Education Center (VEC), as it was called in 2010, was established at Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex in Virginia Beach to support the … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2020
Army Looks to Gaming Industry for Training Simulations
JULY 15, 2020 - The Army’s Synthetic Training Environment Cross-Functional Team soon plans to unveil new labs where it can tap into the innovation of vendors that could one day improve individual and collective training. At its headquarters in Orlando, the team will open a renovated Technology Integration Facility this week. The facility creates a secured setting, where … [Read more...]
Special Tactics Airmen Integrate Combat Capabilities
JULY 14, 2020 - Air Force special tactics teams provide a wide range of core responsibilities and combatant commands rely on ST operators to hone their skills long before arriving at a deployed location. To meet the standards required for deployment, special tactics teams completed exercise Commando Crucible, from June 18-July 3, at Hurlburt Field and in Kinston, North … [Read more...]
Army Searches for Improved Mission Systems in Future Aircraft
JULY 14, 2020 - The Army is exploring improved mission systems configurations for both the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, as project officials engage with industry in a collaborative market research effort this week. This year, project managers launched a Mission Systems Optimization Study to evaluate hardware and software … [Read more...]
Military Medicine Joining Forces to Fight COVID-19 All Around the World
JULY 14, 2020 - From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the efforts of Navy Medicine’s research and development enterprise (NMR&D) to support everything from outbreak response to laboratory detection and warships to floating hospitals highlights the speed and relevance of military medical and scientific capabilities that help make the U.S. armed forces so strong. From … [Read more...]