MAY 31, 2023 - Today’s medical breakthroughs began with research, many with roots in military medicine. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center celebrated recent research work produced by members of its health care team who continue the legacy of advancing health care through safe and quality investigative work. The Department of Research Programs (DRP) at Walter Reed … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2023
A Day With the Spanish Army
MAY 31, 2023 - On May 17, 2023, I took part in a unit cohesion exercise with the NATO Rapid Deployable Corp - Spain Support Battalion. Every year the overall fitness level of Spanish Army battalions is evaluated by a unit outside of their chain of command. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide information on the battalion commander’s promotions and future command … [Read more...]
AFRL Helps NASA Test Equipment for Artemis II Mission
MAY 31, 2023 – The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA worked together over the last two weeks of April 2023 along with other industry partners, such as Lockheed Martin, to test the most current iteration of an astronaut crew seat and flight suit that will be used in the Orion spacecraft during future missions to space. “NASA came to us actually several years … [Read more...]
Navy Develops Patented Self-Sealing Fuel Line
MAY 31, 2023 - Patents from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) are a measure of novel inventions, but each also tells a story of a relevant idea with warfighting impact. NPS Department of Physics Associate Professor Ray Gamache and his former graduate student, NPS alumnus U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Chris Phifer, developed and recently patented a new polymer-based, self-sealing … [Read more...]
Marines Conduct Exercise in Gabon
MAY 31, 2023 - U.S. Marines and Sailors from Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, Europe, operating under Task Force 61/2, U.S. Sixth Fleet, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, and U.S. Africa Command, conducted Judicious Activation – Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team 2023, April 24-28, 2023. During Judicious Activation 2023, Marines and Sailors from CTG 61/2.3, stationed in Rota, … [Read more...]