JULY 14, 2021 - Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles received a tour aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams. While aboard, Robles met with The Honorable Conrad Tribble, Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy Madrid, and other dignitaries from the Spanish and U.S. military, including Rear Adm. Ben Reynolds, director of Maritime Headquarters for … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2021
Army Offers Helpful PCS Resources as COVID-19 Creates Delays
JULY 13, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has put strains on many aspects of normality around the world, and the large numbers of service members completing a permanent-change-of-station, or PCS, move this summer are seeing delays in household goods shipments due to private-sector shortages in labor, equipment and supplies. To alleviate as much of the uncertainty as possible, … [Read more...]
19 Military Athletes to Represent U.S. at Tokyo Olympics
JULY 13, 2021 - Seventeen soldiers, one Marine and one Coast Guardsman have earned spots in the delayed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The games, which were postponed last year due to COVID-19, will be held from July 23 to August 8. Earlier this year, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Stefanowicz defeated the country's top rated 87-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestler to earn a spot in this … [Read more...]
Predictive Analytics Help Improve Military Retention
JULY 13, 2021 - Many top industry names like Google, Cisco and Sprint are starting to use predictive analytics to aid in critical workforce management functions, like hiring, retention and salary decisions. So why not the Navy? Every day the Navy must make the decision of either training a pre-existing employee for a needed task or hiring someone new for the position. For … [Read more...]
Nanosatellites Could Play Pivotal Role Against Enemy Missiles
JULY 13, 2021 - Two Missile Defense Agency nanosatellites — known as CubeSats — that launched June 30 into low-earth orbit from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California could play a large role in the future of U.S. missile defense. The CubeSat Networked Communications Experiment Block 1 — part of MDA's Nanosat Testbed Initiative — uses small, low-cost satellites to … [Read more...]