SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 - Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.—The Marine Corps’ top modernization priority is fulfilling the requirement for a ground-based anti-ship missile capability. The operational requirement for this ship-killing capability is a relatively new development stemming from the Commandant’s Planning Guidance and the Corps’ Force Design 2030 efforts. “As the … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2021
Army Announces Mandatory Vaccines For Soldiers
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 — The Army outlined its plan today to fully comply with the Secretary of Defense’s order requiring all Service members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The Army began implementing the Secretary of Defense’s order on August 24, following DoD and White House guidance. Before then, vaccines had been optional. “This is quite literally a matter of … [Read more...]
NIWC Atlantic Lightens the Load for Marine Intel Units
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 — New capabilities developed by Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic to help the U.S. Marine Corps intelligence system shed nearly 1,000 pounds of hardware are now in the hands of the Fleet Marine Force. The major modernization effort, which completed its first round of fielding this summer, was developed at NIWC Atlantic’s Expeditionary … [Read more...]
New Program Helps Dual-Use Hardware Startups
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 - To stimulate and access hardware technology innovation in the private sector, the Defense Department launched a program called National Security Innovation Capital. Located in Mountain View, California, NSIC addresses the shortfall of trusted funding from private venture capital sources for the development of new hardware technologies that have both … [Read more...]
Last of Doolittle Raiders Memorialized
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 - Remembered as a man who faithfully served his country and was a devoted father and a man of faith, Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, the last of the Doolittle Raiders, was honored and posthumously promoted to the rank of colonel during a Sept. 7 ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Golf Course ballroom. Family members and distinguished … [Read more...]