APRIL 27, 2021 - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) conducted interoperability exercises with the Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) in the Aegean Sea, April 26, 2021. Roosevelt executed Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training, flight operations, and a photo exercise with Hamilton and its embarked … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2021
BATMAN Team’s Project Increases Combat Survival
APRIL 27, 2021 - The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team, referred to as BATMAN, lent its effort to the Air and Space Forces’ Small Business Innovation Research program to make a few former Airmen’s dreams come true and potentially deliver a needed survival radio charger to the warfighter. These former Airmen formed Combat Power … [Read more...]
U.S. Army Builds Helipads at Hospitals in Croatia
APRIL 27, 2021 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is delivering three modern helicopter landing zones at hospitals across Croatia to help reduce transportation times in emergency situations and ultimately save lives. The helicopter landing zone projects are funded through the United States European Command, or EUCOM, and are being delivered in close coordination with the … [Read more...]
DOD to Aid India With COVID-19 Pandemic
APRIL 27, 2021 - John F. Kirby, Pentagon press secretary, briefed the media today, speaking on a number of different topics, including aid to India. "The United States deeply values our partnership with India," Kirby said. "We are determined to help the people in India as they bravely combat this outbreak." The Defense Department is working closely with other U.S. … [Read more...]
Navy Uses UUVs to Complete Certification Exercise
APRIL 26, 2021 - Sailors from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 2, completed their pre-deployment Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM) Advanced Certification Exercise (CERTEX) at Naval Support Activity Panama City, April 16. The EODMU 2 EOD operators and Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) operators are assigned to ExMCM Company 2-2. The exercise tested their … [Read more...]