SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 – September is National Preparedness Month, and with the exceptionally high number of unpredictable events 2020 has yielded, relying on all preparedness resources the Navy has to offer is more important than ever. One point where the risk of potential hazard is particularly high for Navy personnel is during a PCS move to a completely new, unfamiliar … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2020
Future Cyber Defenders Graduate to Shape Total U.S. Air Force
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 - Graduating students of the U.S. Air Force Cyber Protect and Defend Course took hold of diplomas, September 22 at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base while those present and online celebrated the completion of the first class with the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center. What they learned would undoubtedly defend the nation from cyber-attacks, … [Read more...]
Airmen Test Dropping Blood from Aircraft
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 - It was a just a normal sunny spring day on the Eglin range April 20. That is until blood fell from the sky. The blood, packaged in a cooler and attached to a parachute, was pushed out of a C-145A for a test study called Operation Blood Rain. The goal of the study was to determine if fresh blood could withstand an airdrop to combat medics in austere … [Read more...]
Navy Releases Records Related to Loss of USS Thresher
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 - The Navy began releasing recently unclassified documents concerning the loss of the submarine USS Thresher (SSN 593), fulfilling a February 2020 ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Sept. 23. Thresher sank on April 10, 1963, 220 miles off the Massachusetts coast while conducting sea trials. All 129 men onboard, … [Read more...]
Kingsley Field Firefighters Save Local Homes From Catastrophic Fire
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 - Kingsley Field firefighters returned from helping a neighboring community fight a wildland fire, Sept. 21. In the late evening of Sept. 7, the Kingsley Field Fire Department, part of the 173rd Fighter Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard, received a dispatch call for assistance for a wildland fire burning near Chiloquin, a neighboring community north of … [Read more...]