MAY 21, 2024 - A team of Oceanography students and faculty from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) visited several Naval Oceanography facilities at Stennis Space Center (SSC) on May 10, including the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO), U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Naval Oceanography Mine Warfare Center (NOMWC) and the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC), … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
Air Force Chief Visits Las Vegas-Area Bases
MAY 21, 2024 - Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi and the Honorable Alex Wagner, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, toured both Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, May 7. Nellis AFB, located in the northeast Las Vegas Valley, is renowned for advanced air combat training, weapons and tactics development, and aggressor training. … [Read more...]
Wasp Amphibious Ready Group Conducts Live-Fire
ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 16, 2024) The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) launches a RIM-116 missile during the live-fire with a purpose (LFWAP) exercise. The LFWAP program is a missile exercise program designed to increase fleet lethality and tactical proficiency, providing a pivotal final test to ensure the ship's critical self-defense weapons systems are prepared for … [Read more...]
Niger Leaves Open Continued Engagement With U.S.
Chief Master Sgt. Ted Braxton, 406th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, speaks to members of the 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron after a military working dog demonstration at Air Base 201, Niger, Jan. 27, 2024. Braxton and other members of the 406th AEW command team met with various units across the installation, received operations briefings and showed support … [Read more...]
DoD, VA Join Forces to Improve Healthcare Access
MAY 20, 2024 - After months of planning and collaboration, Defense Health Agency and Department of Veterans Affairs leadership celebrated the grand opening of a new VA clinic within the military clinic at Sabal Park with a ribbon-cutting May 13. The VA clinic, located about 12 miles northeast of MacDill Air Force Base, shares a waiting room and check-in area with the 6th … [Read more...]