DECEMBER 23, 2022 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and wife, Charlene, wish service members and their families happy holidays and thank them for their service in a video holiday greeting. Austin also spoke today over video-teleconference with service members from each branch of the armed forces to thank them and wish them happy holidays. The Secretary … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2022
Guardians Provide STEM Outreach to Area Schools
DECEMBER 23, 2022 - For the third year in a row, United States Space Force personnel, including Guardians from Space Systems Command (SSC), are visiting schools across the United States and around the world this month as part of the STEMtoSpace program. STEMtoSpace was designed to facilitate virtual connections between Space Force Guardians and K-12 classrooms to share the … [Read more...]
Army Depot Annual Hunt Benefits Recovering Veterans, Children
DECEMBER 23, 2022 - Letterkenny Army Depot's Natural Resources Office joined forces with the Letterkenny Munitions Center to host the annual Hunt of a Lifetime event and Wounded Warrior Hunt Dec. 1-2. Over the past 15 years, LEAD has held these events to provide wounded, severely injured and ill veterans, as well as children under 21 with life-threatening illnesses or … [Read more...]
Navy Names New Oceanographic Survey Ship USNS Robert Ballard
DECEMBER 23, 2022 – Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced today that a future Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship will be named USNS Robert Ballard (T-AGS 67). The future USNS Robert Ballard will honor Dr. Robert Ballard, a retired U.S. Navy Commander, and former director of the Center for Ocean Exploration. A tenured professor of oceanography at … [Read more...]
NDI Detects Near-Invisible Dangers
DECEMBER 23, 2022 - Similar to how ultrasounds and x-rays are used to find issues in the body, these same techniques can be used to find surface and subsurface cracks along with abnormal wear and tear on aircraft that can be the difference between life and death. Maintainers from the 23rd Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection flight (NDI) are responsible for … [Read more...]