JANUARY 14, 2021 - The Department of Defense (DoD) recently awarded $50 million in grants to 150 university scientists—54 of whom are sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR)—via the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). Through DURIP, the DoD supports the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment and instrumentation to boost university research … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2021
Pendleton Marines Jump Out Perfectly Good Airplane
JANUARY 14, 2021 - Marines with Air Delivery Platoon, Landing Support Company, 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, coordinated a parachute operation at Drop Zone Basilone to refresh their Marines on low-level static line jumps and aerial resupply. 1st TSB invited other Pendleton units to participate in the training event, enabling Marines with … [Read more...]
Air Force Selects Huntsville, AL as Preferred Location to Host Space Command
JANUARY 14, 2021 - The Secretary of the Air Force, on behalf of the Office of Secretary of Defense, selected Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, as the preferred location for the U.S. Space Command Headquarters. The Department of the Air Force conducted both virtual and on-site visits to assess which of six candidate locations would be best suited to host the U.S. Space … [Read more...]
DoD’s Autonomous Vessel Sails Through Transit Test
JANUARY 14, 2021 - A Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel, part of a partnership between the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office and the Navy, recently traveled a distance of more than 4,700 nautical miles, almost entirely autonomously. Afterward, it participated in exercise Dawn Blitz where it again spent nearly all of its underway time operating … [Read more...]
Army to Review Discharges for Behavioral Health Conditions
JANUARY 13, 2021 - The U.S. Army has agreed to review the discharges of thousands of veterans affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma or other behavioral health conditions, and to change some of its administrative procedures for individuals who apply to have their discharge statuses upgraded in the future. This agreement … [Read more...]