SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 – The Navy College Program announced a complete transition to virtual education services for Sailors across the globe beginning Oct. 1, 2021. The transition will shift Sailor counseling from brick-and-mortar Navy College Offices (NCOs) to the Navy College Virtual Education Center (NCVEC) as the one-stop-shop for Sailors pursuing personal and professional … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2021
Global Missile Defense From Space Got More Affordable
SEPTEMBER 28,2021 - The Defense Department hopes, within the decade, to have a meshed network of low Earth orbit satellites — linked together and to warfighters — providing real-time global awareness of missile threats and the ability to respond. However, that goal was once considered cost prohibitive, said the director of the Space Development Agency. Derek M. Tournear … [Read more...]
Changes to Army’s Retention Program to Begin Soon
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 – Three changes to the Army's retention program are scheduled to take effect Oct. 1, as the Army looks to simplify aspects of the reenlistment process and give Soldiers more flexibility before their expiration term of service date. A modification to the Career Status Program, formerly known as the Indefinite Reenlistment Program, an adjustment to the … [Read more...]
Rapid Dragon Conducts Demonstration of Palletized Munitions
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 – The Air Force Rapid Dragon Program, a fast-paced experimentation campaign led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation office, has completed two more successful demonstrations during its first system-level flight tests of this potential new capability at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico in July 2021. The tests assessed the … [Read more...]
National Geographic Documentary Highlights Special Tactics
One of the directors of the National Geographic Documentary Film, "The Rescue", Jimmy Chin, poses for a picture with members of the multinational team which participated in the Tham Luang Cave rescue, British cave diver Rick Stantion, Air Force Special Tactics Officer Capt. Mitch Torrel and groundwater expert Thanet Natisri during a premiere screening of the film at the … [Read more...]