WASHINGTON, July 19, 2016 - On Aug. 4 in Las Vegas, seven computers will compete in the first all-machine cyber defense tournament, the result of a multiyear effort by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to bring autonomy to the problem of making computers secure. Mike Walker, program manager for DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, discussed what the agency and the seven … [Read more...]
NITROS Boosts Information Warfare at Trident Warrior
JULY 19, 2016, SAN DIEGO (NNS) - Representatives from the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) provided Sailors an early look at automated data analytic capabilities during a successful demonstration July 8-14, as part of Trident Warrior, one of them being NITROS. The technologies enable Sailors to … [Read more...]
Vietnam Aviator Awarded Medal of Honor for Cheating Death, Saving Dozens of Lives
JULY 19, 2016, WASHINGTON - Retired Army Lt. Col. Charles Kettles is a Vietnam aviator awarded Medal of Honor during a White House Ceremony on Monday, July 18, by President Barack Obama. "You couldn't make this up. It's like a bad Rambo movie," Obama said, describing the harrowing exploits of then-Maj. Kettles, on that fateful day, May 15, 1967, in "Chump Valley," South … [Read more...]
Veteran’s Administration to Make Vivitrol Available to Addicted Veterans
July 19, 2016, by Jerry Nelson - The U.S. Veteran’s Administration has been under fire in recent years for poor health care to our nation’s veterans. Long appointment times, no one manning the suicide hotlines and prescriptions which take weeks, or months, to fill. It’s not all bad news though. The VA recently announced that it will make Vivitrol available to veterans who … [Read more...]
National Intrepid Center Zeroes In on Traumatic Brain Injury
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2016 - Defense Medical Surveillance System and Theater Medical Data figures show that more than 339,000 service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury since 2000. Traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, are a contributing factor to a third of all injury-related deaths in the United States, the numbers reveal. In the United States, an … [Read more...]