APRIL 25, 2024 - On a frigid Valentine's Day night, 12 Emergency Management Airmen from across the country gathered in a tent near Devil’s Lake, N.D., to prepare for the following day’s mission. Breakfast was early, and the days were long during the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CBRN) exercise known as Deep Freeze. Despite the plummeting … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2024
Navy Dashboard Drives Energy and Water Resilience
APRIL 25, 2024 – The Department of the Navy (DON) is using data to improve resilience and readiness by ensuring that the Navy and Marine Corps is getting the most out of the resources they rely on for quality of life, training, logistics, and combat support: energy and water. The DON has launched an online dashboard called the Energy & Water Analysis Tool (EWAT) that … [Read more...]
Transforming Army Medicine and Aviation
APRIL 25, 2024 — In a presentation at the Quad A conference in Denver, Colorado, Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), delivered an address outlining the critical partnership between Army Medicine and Army Aviation. She spoke to fellow general officers, coalition, and allied partners, and she … [Read more...]
DoD ‘Moving Out’ to Get Aid to Ukraine
APRIL 25, 2024 - The Defense Department is moving quickly to provide much-needed military assistance to Ukraine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., said today. Speaking after President Joe Biden signed the national security supplemental budget request into law, Brown said the Pentagon has continued to lean forward as the $95 billion measure … [Read more...]
Navy Medicine Tests Treatment Protocols in the Artic
APRIL 25, 2024 – Operating in extreme artic temperatures can be extremely challenging and performing Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) treatment even more difficult as casualties, donned with large amounts of clothing layers, can make wound assessment and applying medical care, such as tourniquets, much more problematic. To evaluate seven common TCCC treatment protocols, … [Read more...]