MARCH 24, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California - Marines stood on-line and performed pistol drills as an instructor yelled the importance of performing weapon fundamentals properly. Marines with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conducted a combat marksmanship program led by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine … [Read more...]
F-35 Program Making Progress, Program Chief tells Congress
MARCH 24, 2016, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - The chief of the F-35 program detailed “the good, the bad and the ugly” aspects of the Joint Strike Fighter during testimony March 22 before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher C. Bogdan said that overall the once-troubled fighter is “executing fairly well across the … [Read more...]
Navy Medicine Operational Training Center Launches New eCampus For Students
MARCH 24, 2016, PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) - Navy Medicine Operational Training Center announced March 23 the launch of its eCampus and eLibrary that could eventually impact every naval aviator, Navy aircrew member and Navy operational medicine student. Cmdr. Steven Parks, NMOTC's Directorate of Training (DOT) said through months of research, surveys and collaboration between … [Read more...]
Total Army Working Together to Forge Future, Senators Told
MARCH 24, 2016, WASHINGTON - The Army, Army National Guard and Army Reserve are working together well to assess recommendations from a national commission on the service’s future and fully implement the Army’s Total Force Policy. That was one of the key points to emerge from a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing here Thursday. Senators also heard how … [Read more...]
Clear Requirements, Level the Playing Field
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 23, 2016) - If the goal is to get more small businesses competing for government contracts, the government has several levers to pull to make that happen. One option is to make it easier for small businesses to compete--or, put another way, to level the playing field so that it's no harder for small businesses to play. Clarifying requirements can … [Read more...]