NOVEMBER 20, 2020 - While the reality of a COVID-19 vaccine inches closer, the team at Operation Warp Speed is refining its plan to deliver doses across the country. Charged with developing and delivering a vaccine to 300 million Americans, Operation Warp Speed paired military planners with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work the details of a … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2020
First BCT Class Graduates Wearing Army Green Service Uniform
NOVEMBER 20, 2020 - The first class of basic combat trainees to graduate wearing the new Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) showed off their threads Nov. 16, during a ceremony at Fort Sill. Almost 200 Soldiers from A Battery, 1st Battalion, 79th Field Artillery completed their 10-week basic combat training. The 434th Field Artillery command team and many of the drill … [Read more...]
Army Astronaut Receives Rare Prestigious Qualification Device
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - U.S. Army astronaut Lt. Col. Anne C. McClain received the Army astronaut device from Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander, U.S. Space Command during a brief ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Nov 10. McClain is currently the only active duty Soldier who has been presented the device, considered the rarest qualification device any Army … [Read more...]
DoD Announces Rare Earth Element Awards to Strengthen Domestic Industrial Base
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - As part of the U.S. government’s strategy to ensure secure and reliable supplies of critical minerals under Executive Order 13817, today the Department of Defense is announcing contracts and agreements with several rare earth element producers which will strengthen the domestic rare earths supply chain. Three of the awards were made under the authorities of … [Read more...]
DoD Prioritizes December Launch of ‘Trusted Capital Marketplace’
NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - While plans are underway for a change in administration, officials within the Defense Department still have several goals they'd like to achieve. Among those is implementation of the "Trusted Capital Marketplace," the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment said. "[One] area that we want to bring over the finish line here is our trusted … [Read more...]