FEBRUARY 11, 2021 - On Super Bowl Sunday, just moments before kickoff, conversations swirled around the various matchups at play in the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida – Chiefs vs Bucs, Brady vs Mahomes, and COVID vs the NFL. For each member of a small group, specially trained and specially selected, the only conflict was an internal one of discipline and … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2021
Navy Launching New Website; MyNavyHR.Navy.mil
FEBRUARY 11, 2021 - The migration to the new site will allow MyNavyHR to better serve Sailors and the fleet by modernizing the site, optimizing it for mobile use, and increasing integration with Navy.mil, other MyNavy HR websites, and the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS). The new site will be rebranded to MyNavyHR.Navy.mil conforming to the enterprise … [Read more...]
Biden Announces DoD China Task Force
FEBRUARY 11, 2021 - President Joe Biden announced the formation of a DOD China Task Force to provide a baseline assessment of department policies, programs and processes in regard to the challenge China poses. Ely Ratner, a special assistant to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, will lead the effort. The task force has four months to develop recommendations for senior … [Read more...]
SoloHI Imager Captures Rare Shot of Planets
FEBRUARY 10, 2021 - The European Space Agency’s (ESA) and NASA’s Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager (SoloHI) recorded an image showing three of the four inner rocky planets Nov. 18, 2020. The image captured more than the local neighborhood; it also captured the ice giant Uranus which was more than 1.7 billion miles (2.7 billion kilometers) from the orbiter. The original … [Read more...]
Military and Civilian Police Join Forces
FEBRUARY 10, 2021 - Combining civilian police officers and Military Police personnel to staff the Marine Corps Police Department provides an enhanced law enforcement presence aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California. Capt. Mark Machado, MCLB Barstow’s police chief and provost marshal, has been overseeing the influx of Marine Corps Military Police personnel … [Read more...]