AUGUST 8, 2022 - Robotic Combat Vehicles, or RCVs, will become the future for combat operations. This is another reason why troopers with the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment “Garryowen,", 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, are working with the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team members to test different versions of the RCV platforms … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2022
Future Sailors, Prior-Service Members Eligible for Bonuses
AUGUST 8, 2022 - Future Sailors and Prior Service Members, either Navy Veterans or Other Services Veterans (NAVETs/OSVETs), are now eligible for enlistment bonuses and loan repayment up to $115,000, according to a message released by Navy Recruiting Command Aug. 4 The messages, which announces the enlistment incentives to attract the highest quality of recruits to fit … [Read more...]
Austin Meets With Hemispheric Partners
Secretary of Defense Lloyd. J. Austin III meets with Ecuadorian Minister of Defense, Luis Eduardo Lara Jaramillo at the 15th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) in Brasilia, Brazil, July 27, 2022. CDMA is the Western Hemisphere's premier defense forum for strategic-level engagement among defense and security officials in the Americas. This series of … [Read more...]
DOD Committed to Reducing Risk of Nuclear War
AUGUST 6, 2022 - The Defense Department would like nothing better than the total elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide, the undersecretary of defense for policy said. Colin H. Kahl spoke virtually today at the United Nations' Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York City. However, today's security environment is more challenging than at any … [Read more...]
SecAF Receives F-35 Engine Update
AUGUST 5, 2022 - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall visited Tinker Air Force Base July 28 for an update on the base’s support to the F-35 Lightning engine program. Kendall received an update on F135 engine maintenance and modernization prior to receiving a firsthand look at the F135 engine repair line, housed within the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex — the Defense … [Read more...]