A member of the 147th Attack Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepares an MQ-9 unmanned aerial system for launch at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston, Texas, March 7, 2024. The 147th deployed an MQ-9 in support of the Smokehouse Creek Fire in northern Texas, providing real time video to civilian agencies and local firefighters. APRIL 10, 2024 - The Texas Air … [Read more...]
Archives for 2024
Modernizing Talent Management in the Army
APRIL 10, 2024 — The Army and Army Materiel Command have paid attention to modern circumstances, challenges and needs in how both military and civilian employees enter and approach their careers, modernizing the way talent is managed from the bottom to the top. Christina Freese, AMC’s deputy chief of staff for personnel, G-1, led the conversation at the Association of the … [Read more...]
Air Force Warns Senate of Delayed Budgets
Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the fiscal year 2025 budget requests for the Department of the Air Force and Space Force, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., April 9, 2024. Kendall was joined by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Chief of Space Operations during the hearing. (U.S. Air Force … [Read more...]
DOD Has Seen ‘Huge’ Increase in Military Sales
APRIL 10, 2024 - Last year, the Defense Department set a record for sales of military equipment and hardware, especially among European partners and allies, said the director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. "We've had a huge increase in demand from our European allies and partners over the last few years since the … invasion by the Russians in Ukraine," James … [Read more...]
AUKUS Countries Set Measured Pace for Security Partnership
ROCKINGHAM, Western Australia (March 10, 2024) – U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) and HMAS Stirling Port Services crewmembers prepare the submarine to moor alongside Diamantina Pier at Fleet Base West in Rockingham, Western Australia, March 10, 2024. The nuclear-powered, conventionally-armed submarine is in HMAS … [Read more...]