JULY 15, 2022 – Royal Australian Navy hydrographic surveyors aboard the San Antonio-class transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD-27) are working with surveyors from the Royal New Zealand Navy to locate inert mines along the coast in Southern California, USA as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California. The partner nation teams are using … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2022
DOD to Fund Better Detention Facilities in Syria
JULY 15, 2022 - The U.S. and partner nations continue with the "Defeat ISIS" mission in Syria, while the more than 10,000 ISIS fighters who have been detained within makeshift detention facilities there and the approximately 60,000 displaced persons at the al-Hol and al-Roj camps remain a challenge. The Defense Department has plans to address that challenge. "The threat … [Read more...]
Air Force Completes Another Successful Hypersonic Test
JULY 14, 2022 - The Air Force conducted another successful hypersonic test off the Southern California coast, July 12. The Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Booster Test Flight-3 was the 12th flight for the program and third release demonstration. The AGM-183A weapons system reached hypersonic speeds and primary and secondary objectives were met. “This was another … [Read more...]
Veterans Continue Care For Military Community
JULY 14, 2022 – For Drs. Lynn Olsen and Daniel Mirski, their service at the Maj. Gen. William H. Gourley VA-DoD Outpatient Clinic’s family medicine clinic is an extension of their service as Armed Forces veterans. Olsen spent six years as a Navy physician practicing family medicine, and Mirski retired after 20 years as a flight surgeon and emergency physician for the Air … [Read more...]
College Basketball Back on the Flight Deck
JULY 14, 2022 - The U.S. Navy is proud to partner with ESPN Events to host the 2022 Armed Forces Classic men’s college basketball game featuring Gonzaga and Michigan State universities, Nov. 11, 2022, on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. “It is truly an honor that, on Veteran’s Day in the … [Read more...]