WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 9, 2015) -- Exercise Rising Thunder kicks off for the 22nd time today at Yakima Training Center, Washington. The exercise annually brings Japanese soldiers to the United States to train alongside U.S. Soldiers. This year, the exercise runs Sept. 8-25, and involves about 300 soldiers from the 10th Division of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense … [Read more...]
Navy Announces GMT Program Changes and Updates
September 9, 2015 - WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy's General Military Training (GMT) plan for fiscal year 2016 outlines reduced annual requirements and a redesigned program as detailed in Naval Administrative Message (NAVADMIN) 213/15 released Sept. 8. GMT is now in two categories, Standardized Core Training (SCT), which are annual training requirements mandated by higher … [Read more...]
Army Divers Partner with Coast Guard in Support of Saipan Recovery
SAIPAN, North Mariana Islands (Sept. 9, 2015) -- In support of the disaster relief efforts in Saipan, a Hawaii dive detachment partnered with the Coast Guard's 14th District for a required port assessment and certification of Tanapag Harbor, the port of Saipan, which remains partially non-mission capable, Aug. 27. Typhoon Soudelor left Saipan, a 48-square mile island, with … [Read more...]
Munition Bunkers Become Rubble, Save AF $3.5M
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. (AFNS) - September 8, 2015 -- Members of the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron and the 92nd Contracting Squadron are working toward an Air Force goal of reducing its building footprint by demolishing 1950s-era munitions bunkers at Fairchild Air Force Base and saving the Air Force approximately $3.5 million in the process. The project, originally a … [Read more...]
Army Expands Planning for Cyber Future
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Sept. 8, 2015) -- The U.S. Army requirements, acquisition, and research and development cyber community met here to collaborate on various cyber initiatives, Aug. 5-7. The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, or CERDEC, sponsored the collaboration … [Read more...]