MAY 12, 2022 - Members of the Reserve and National Guard are highly skilled across a variety of private-sector industries and have the potential to make substantial contributions to Defense Department missions, a DOD official said. The problem is, the department is not always aware of that talent, said Scott Sumner, technical project manager at Defense Innovation Unit's … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2022
Innovators: Take Action Now for Spark Tank 2023
MAY 12, 2022 - Innovators need to take steps now to prepare to submit their game-changing ideas to compete in the 2023 Air Force Spark Tank competition, opening June 1. “The Air Force will be using their latest application, the Guardians and Airmen Innovation Network, or GAIN app, hosted on the Department of Defense Platform One, to track all submissions into this year’s … [Read more...]
Battery Commander Embraces New ACFT
MAY 12, 2022 — The U.S. Army has launched the revised Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) and one artillery battery commander is welcoming the changes with massive open arms. Capt. Kenneth Ebner, A Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery, is hard to miss. At well over 6 feet tall, the battery commander is easily visible in the organized chaos of early morning physical … [Read more...]
U.S.-U.K. Discuss Ukraine During Pentagon Meeting
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace for talks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) MAY 12, 2022 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III continued DOD's close cooperation with the United Kingdom as he sat down for Pentagon talks with the UK’s Secretary of State … [Read more...]
DoD Designates Air Forces Space in Support of U.S. Space Command
MAY 12, 2022 - The Department of Defense designated First Air Force as ‘Air Forces Space’ (AFSPACE), and the fifth service component to U.S. Space Command May 3. The change postures First Air Force to provide airpower expertise and advocacy in support of USSPACECOM’s mission to conduct operations in, from and to space while integrating spacepower into the support of First … [Read more...]