JULY 6, 2021 - The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force honored a Hanscom Air Force Base Digital Directorate team with a major acquisition award earlier this month. The Strategic Warning and Space Surveillance Program Office, which has operating locations both at Hanscom AFB and at Peterson AFB, Colorado, earned the 2020 Dr. James G. Roche Product Support … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2021
Leaders Thank Soldiers on 2021 Soldier Appreciation Day July 2
JULY 6, 2021 — The Army is a fast-paced organization, and the operational tempo can often move at the speed of light. Across the force, focusing on the mission can sometimes lead to the Army’s number one priority, its Soldiers, being overstressed and overworked. Leaders need to have the emotional intelligence and empathy to know when to call a time-out, give Soldiers a … [Read more...]
Cyber Shield Enhances Partnerships as Cyber Threats Continue
JULY 6, 2021 – The National Guard plays a critical role in defending computer networks and mitigating cyber-attacks that occur almost daily, said Guard senior leaders during a roundtable discussion Tuesday. “Cyber incidents are an ongoing and substantial threat,” said Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau. “In 2021 alone, America’s power plants, food … [Read more...]
Plan to Transfer Authority, Retrograde Done by End of August
JULY 6, 2021 - As part of the drawdown process from Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III approved a plan to transfer authority from Army Gen. Austin S. Miller to Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today. Miller is the commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and the Resolute Support Mission. McKenzie is the commander of … [Read more...]
Remembering USS Relief, Navy’s Floating Fortress of Health
JULY 5, 2021 - In 1936, Our Navy correspondent Mary McElliott was given special access to the hospital ship USS Relief (AH-1). She would marvel over its design and capabilities writing, “If you are accustomed to thinking of a hospital ship as a large institution, with a grim, forbidding exterior, and a solemn, mysterious interior, where an air of hushed expectancy hovering over … [Read more...]