AUGUST 23, 2022 — “I still remember the look my old man gave me when I told him I was going to enlist into the Army instead of the Marines,” said Spc. Brandon Charles Brown, an infantryman assigned to 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. “I just told him, ‘It is what it is." Brown said growing up with two old-school … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2022
DoD Hosts Industry Engagement Day at Johns Hopkins
AUGUST 23, 2022 - The Department of Defense concluded an Industry Engagement Day on July 26 for the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve (RDER) at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL). More than 470 attendees and over 190 private sector companies participated in the full-day event. These companies represented small technology companies to major defense … [Read more...]
Fleet Conducts Undersea Warfare Exercise
AUGUST 23, 2022 – Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet conducted an undersea warfare exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 13-15. The exercise provided theater undersea warfare proficiency training by conducting integrated anti-submarine warfare operations against simulated high-end adversaries. “This was a phenomenal opportunity to advance our proficiency to be ready to fight at the … [Read more...]
STARCOM Executes Space Flag Exercise
AUGUST 23, 2022 - Space Training and Readiness Command completed its first exercise iteration of SPACE FLAG (SPACE FLAG 22-3) since being accredited by the Joint Staff as a Joint National Training Capability. SPACE FLAG is the first Department of Defense space exercise to receive JNTC-accreditation, joining the likes of the U.S. Air Force’s Red Flag and Green Flag exercises, … [Read more...]
Antiterrorism Awareness Month – Be Aware and Vigilant
AUGUST 23, 2022 — The world can be a dangerous place, and all you have to do is watch or read the news to know it. There are thousands of people killed each year in terrorism-related attacks, both by individuals and groups, and it is something against which our military services and police must be ever vigilant. August is Antiterrorism Awareness Month, and it’s a good time … [Read more...]