NOVEMBER 16, 2020 - Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced Nov. 10 that a future U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base class ship will honor Medal of Honor Recipient Marine Corps Sergeant Major (Retired) John L. Canley. Canley was awarded the nation’s highest honor 50 years after his actions serving as Company Gunnery Sergeant, Company A, First Battalion, First … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2020
Defense Logistics Agency Helps DoD Prepare for Second Wave
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 - The Defense Department now has a four-month supply of personal protective equipment including respirators, surgical masks and gloves to see troops and families through the second wave of COVID-19. The supplies, which aren't part of the department's pandemic reserves, were procured by the Defense Logistics Agency to help replenish on-hand stock for … [Read more...]
Next-Generation Headset Preps Soldiers for Future Battlefield
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 - The third Capability Set of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) was tested at Fort Pickett by 82nd Airborne Soldiers and 25th Marines during October 2020. The project uses Soldier Centered Design (SCD) to evaluate the IVAS military fighting goggle through operational evaluations. Soldier involvement and engagement at every stage of prototype … [Read more...]
Air Force Fitness Program
Update: January 2026 - Air Force Updates Physical Fitness Requirements The Air Force Fitness Program goal is to motivate Airmen to participate in a year-round physical conditioning program that emphasizes total fitness, to include proper aerobic conditioning, strength and flexibility training, and healthy eating. Health benefits from an active lifestyle will increase … [Read more...]
Machine Learning Algorithm Could Provide Soldiers Feedback
NOVEMBER 13, 2020 - A new machine learning algorithm, developed with Army funding, can isolate patterns in brain signals that relate to a specific behavior and then decode it, potentially providing Soldiers with behavioral-based feedback. “The impact of this work is of great importance to Army and DOD in general, as it pursues a framework for decoding behaviors from brain … [Read more...]