SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 - The Musician Enlistment Option Program gives young men and women the opportunity to fight and win our Nation’s battles while pursuing their passion for music. While this program serves as a great opportunity, finding the few who are qualified and up to the challenge can be a challenge all in itself. This is because the individual must be not only a skilled … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2021
Commissaries Lead DoD’s Donation Effort to Food Banks
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 – The federal government’s annual Feds Feed Families campaign has ended with just over 7.5 million pounds of food being donated to food banks across the nation. The campaign was conducted June 1 through Aug. 31 this year for federal workers, and commissary customers and Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) employees who wanted to donate to local food banks and … [Read more...]
Army Corp Uses Underwater Vehicles to Safeguard Lives
Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District train on the VideoRay PRO 5, an underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV), at a lock and dam facility on the Allegheny River in Natrona, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22, 2021. This ROV model is new to the Pittsburgh District, equipped with a high-definition video and photo camera, a multibeam sonar, a claw that can rotate … [Read more...]
Air Force Maintains Radar Grid For National Defense
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 - The 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron, headquartered at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, evaluated the Air Route Surveillance Radar system version four, or ARSR-4, on a mountain top in Paso Robles, California, Aug. 23 through Sept. 4. This one-of-a-kind unit evaluates and optimizes the joint surveillance system, or JSS, long-range radars, or LRR, all over the … [Read more...]
Louisiana Guard Builds Bridges, Clears Roads After Ida
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 - Hurricane Ida blew ashore Aug. 29th, the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that breached New Orleans’ levees and devastated the Gulf Coast. Ida made landfall as a category four hurricane near Port Fourchon, La. At landfall, sustained winds measured 150 miles per hour, tying Hurricane Laura of 2020 and the 1856 hurricane as the strongest … [Read more...]