AUGUST 19, 2024 - The U.S. Navy is investigating the cause of an incident involving two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 on the training ranges of Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, Nevada, at approximately 7:25 p.m. (PDT) on Aug. 15. The two helicopters, each with a crew of five personnel, were conducting routine training at the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2024
Delivering Critical Comms in the Caribbean
AUGUST 19, 2024 — Elements of the 35th Expeditionary Signal Battalion – Enhanced (ESB-E) are on their way to the U.S. Virgin Islands after the activation of the emergency operations center at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico in response to then-Tropical Storm Ernesto’s pending arrival to the U.S. territories and Puerto Rican islands. During natural disasters, maintaining clear … [Read more...]
Mentor-Protege Program Helps Small Businesses
AUGUST 19, 2024 - The Defense Logistics Agency's Office of Small Business Programs will soon have a new way to help small vendors expand their capabilities as it works to build a more resilient industrial base that can meet increased challenges from competitors and adversaries. The DLA Mentor-Protege Program will incentivize successful DLA prime contractors to provide … [Read more...]
Army Base Becoming Net Zero
AUGUST 18, 2024 - Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) continues to lead the way in the Army’s energy resilience as the first-ever military installation with a microgrid implementation using only renewable sources such as photovoltaic (PV) generation and battery storage. The Army Reserve-funded installation is very close to becoming a Net Zero installation and is on track to achieve … [Read more...]
British Forces Burn the U.S. Capitol
AUGUST 18, 2024 - On 24 August 1814, during the second year of the War of 1812, British forces defeated American forces at Bladensburg, Maryland, marched into poorly defended Washington D.C., and burned most of the public buildings. Failures to heed early warnings and indications and the lack of an effective intelligence system contributed to this historical tragedy, the only … [Read more...]