APRIL 8, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California - To be prepared for any environment, the Marine Corps has created specialized courses its young men and women can attend to learn the skills they need to be successful in the various battlefields they are expected to fight. Marines in the Urban Leaders Course conducted a combat marksmanship range at Range 223A on … [Read more...]
U.S. Army Successfully Fires Miniature Hit-to-Kill Missile from New Interceptor Launch Platform
APRIL 8, 2016, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. - The U.S. Army successfully fired a Miniature Hit-to-Kill missile from its newest launch platform , April 4, 2016. The missile successfully fired as part of an Engineering Demonstration of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-Intercept. The system features a first-of-its-kind Multi-Mission Launcher, which is … [Read more...]
Oh, Baby! ONR Research Links Child’s Play to Robot Learning
APRIL 8, 2016, ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) - The future of human-robot partnerships could be revolutionized by child's play - specifically, the play of babies. A team of researchers led by Rajesh Rao, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, recently published a paper showing how robots can learn much like children - amassing data by … [Read more...]
F-16s Surge During Two-Day Drill at Misawa
APRIL 7, 2016, MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) - Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing conducted a two-day surge exercise April 4-5 with F-16 Fighting Falcons at Misawa Air Base. "During surge operations, we're validating our wing's ability to generate (aircraft) in a simulated combat scenario," said Capt. Josh Plocinski, the 14th Fighter Squadron chief of standardization and … [Read more...]
SMA Marks First Korea Visit in Two Decades
APRIL 7, 2016, YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea - As the UH-60 Black Hawk prepared for final approach at the Camp Casey helipad, 15th Sgt. Major of the Army Daniel Dailey pressed his intercom button and let out a wistful groan, followed by a comment to no one in particular. "This is where I lived," he said, "this was my home." It was the first time Dailey had seen Camp Casey … [Read more...]