TAMPA, Fla. (5/22/2013) -- Look for big changes in special operations forces as they shape for what’s ahead after a dozen years of intensive, high-operational-tempo missions focused predominantly on Afghanistan and Iraq. Commanders of the special operations components laid out their plans for the future to members of the special operations community and the defense … [Read more...]
Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS Enters Production Phase
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (5/22/2013) -- The Department of the Navy announced May 15 that the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low rate initial production. With MS C approval, the RQ-21A program, managed by the Navy and Marine Corps STUAS program office (PMA-263) here at NAS … [Read more...]
Pros and Cons About Going Military After High School
Graduating from high school is a serious milestone. For the first time, you get to choose what you will do with your life instead of going where someone else tells you. That can mean many things, from college to working abroad. Many kids also consider joining a branch of the military, like the Navy, Air Force or Army. If you're thinking a military career might be valuable, take … [Read more...]
MarForPac Cuts Through Barriers with New Recon Robot
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (5/17/2013) -- Marines from U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific trained to operate a rapid area sensitive-site reconnaissance robot, the only robot of its kind in the Department of Defense, during an advanced technology demonstration program at the 3rd Marine Regiment headquarters here, May 8. Representatives from the ATD program showed Marines that the … [Read more...]
Obama Emphasizes Concern About Sexual Assault in Military
5/17/2013 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The crime of sexual assault undermines the trust needed for the U.S. military to do its missions, President Barack Obama said after meeting with his military leaders May 16. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the service secretaries, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey and the rest of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with the president at the White House … [Read more...]