APRIL 14, 2022 - An additional $800 million drawdown package of security assistance is on its way to Ukraine. Efforts to get the newly authorized equipment and supplies to the Ukrainian military will begin immediately, said Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby. "As you've seen [it] go in the past, from the time the president authorizes drawdown until the first shipments … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2022
V Corps and NATO Forces Build Readiness
APRIL 14, 2022 — As America’s forward deployed corps in Europe, V Corps led the theater-wide military exercise, Saber Strike 22, which encompassed a variety of joint multi-national training throughout Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Saber Strike is a biennial exercise between NATO and allied partners which has been held since … [Read more...]
Navy Conducts Test of New Laser Weapon System
Target Drone During High Energy Laser Engagement (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin) APRIL 14, 2022 — The ground-based laser system homed in on the red drone flying by, shooting a high-energy beam invisible to the naked eye. Suddenly, a fiery orange glow flared on the drone, smoke poured from its engine and a parachute opened as the craft tumbled downward, disabled by the … [Read more...]
Does Body Mass Define Soldier’s Fitness Level
APRIL 13, 2022 – The Department of Defense recently updated its 20-year-old policy that establishes body composition and physical fitness standards for active-duty service members to ensure optimal physical readiness. The revised DoD Instruction 1308.03 states all service members “will maintain physical readiness by possessing the necessary body composition and aerobic and … [Read more...]
NAS Fallon Meets with Tribal and Local Government Leaders
FALLON, Nev. (NNS) – U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Fallon, Nevada, where he met with tribal and local government leaders and visited Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, April 12. Gilday met separately with local government and tribal leaders from the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe, Walker River Paiute Tribe, and Yomba Shoshone Tribe and … [Read more...]