SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, ARABIAN GULF (NNS) - The body harness scraping against the ladder can be heard as Electronics Technician 3rd Class Brian Evans and Electronics Technician Seaman Krystal Paquette climb all the way up the never-ending ladder inside of USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's (CVN 69) (Ike) mast. The howling wind and shining sun greet them as they open the scuttle that … [Read more...]
Kentucky Army Guard Bridging Unit Tests Army’s New XM30 Bridge Erection Boat
SEPTEMBER 13, 2016, FORT KNOX, Ky. - Soldiers with the Kentucky Army National Guard’s 2061st Multi-role Bridge Company recently took part in operational testing of the new XM30 Bridge Erection Boat, which is scheduled to replace the 30-year-old MK II BEB used during bridging operations across rivers and other bodies of water. The Soldiers from the 2061st MRBC joined … [Read more...]
Air Force Research Laboratory Discovering What’s “Bugging” Military Aircraft
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - As any aircraft maintainer can attest, corrosion is a major factor affecting the overall health of military aircraft. Anything from changing temperatures to environmental factors can precipitate corrosion. One major contributor, however, is often overlooked -- microbes. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s … [Read more...]
U.S. Soldiers Help Combat Poaching with Tanzania Rangers
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, TANZANIA, Africa - The African elephant can be as tall as 14 feet, weigh more than 15,000 pounds, and live up to 70 years. The already formidable animal's sharp tusks can grow as long as 10 feet, which serve as additional insurance against any would-be predators. It's a sad irony then, that these tusks are also the reason some African Elephant populations … [Read more...]
Surviving Inside the Outback for Exercise Kowari
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia - Without food, water or shelter, thirty participants from the U.S. Marine Corps and Army, Australian Army, and the People’s Liberation Army have survived inside the outback. Marines and soldiers from the three countries had to work together during Exercise Kowari, a survival training exercise, from August 27 to September 9 near … [Read more...]