SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 - Chemical weapons pose a serious threat to civilian and warfighter lives, but technology from the U.S. Army Small Business Technology Transfer program reduces those risks. Researchers developed a product to detect chemical weapons accurately at low concentration levels. Active Army, Reserve and National Guard units started to receive the Chemical Agent … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2020
Marines Join Slink Fire Battle
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 - U.S. Marine firefighters arrived on scene to support firefighting efforts for the Slink Fire near Coleville, California, September 4. The Marines, Crash Fire Rescue personnel with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, joined the interagency firefighting force that has been battling the Slink Fire since … [Read more...]
Integrity Builds Trust, Confidence Within Army Workforce
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 - The Army’s mission success is based on its trust and confidence in the ability of each Soldier and civilian employee to follow the rules and principles of the organization as they work toward readiness goals. While the Army’s external system of rules and laws is known as ethics, it’s the Army Value of integrity that ensures an employee’s actions and … [Read more...]
Keesler AFB Issues Trainee Uniforms for First Time
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 - With Air Force basic military training coming to Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, due to COVID-19, the mission of the base has become to not only train but create premier war-fighters. A team of airmen from different units around the Air Education and Training Command worked together to help the 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron issue uniforms to … [Read more...]
Navy Launches Development of ‘Large Unmanned Surface Vessels’
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 - The Navy has awarded contracts totaling $41,985,112 to six companies for Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) studies. Each contract includes an option for engineering support that if exercised would bring the cumulative value for all awards to $59,476,146. The firm-fixed price contracts were awarded to Huntington Ingalls Inc., Pascagoula, Miss; Lockheed … [Read more...]