MARCH 14, 2023 - The Department of the Air Force unveiled a $259.3 billion budget request March 13 designed to continue modernizing the Air Force and Space Force to meet evolving threats while also nourishing current needs that include training, readiness and fostering new technology. Broken apart, the $259.3 billion proposal that Congress will now consider for the fiscal … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2023
69th Infantry to Lead St. Patrick’s Parade
MARCH 14, 2023 - Although 1,000 Soldiers are deployed in the Horn of Africa, the New York Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, will still lead the world’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parade down Fifth Avenue March 17. “The Fighting 69th,” as it is known throughout the Army, was organized in 1849 as an Irish-American militia unit in New York’s Lower East … [Read more...]
Navy At The Leading Edge of Unmanned Systems
MARCH 14, 2023 - One of the premier innovators of the fields of meteorology and oceanography, the Navy is also a trailblazer in unmanned systems, notably METOC’s use of air, sea surface, and underwater craft. The U.S. Navy’s development of unmanned systems dates to the Pioneer Era of Aviation. In 1911, the Navy contracted Elmer Sperry, inventor of the gyroscope (critical for … [Read more...]
DoD Releases Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Budget
MARCH 14, 2023 - "The FY 2024 budget is the most strategy-driven request we've ever produced from the Department of Defense. And as our National Defense Strategy makes clear, the People's Republic of China (PRC) is our pacing challenge. This budget seeks to meet this critical challenge today, tomorrow, and into the future by providing the resources today to continue to … [Read more...]
New Hampshire National Guard Revives Biathlon Program
MARCH 13, 2023 – Four years ago, when Tom Echelberger, a former high school and college cross-country skier, was working in a New Hampshire ski shop, he never dreamed he would have a full-time job skiing, let alone be headed to Sweden to represent the U.S. military in international competition. It wasn’t until fate brought New Hampshire National Guard Maj. Rob Burnham into … [Read more...]