JULY 28, 2024 - The launch of an artificial intelligence-powered platform for uncovering and matching talent across the joint force is an important step in tackling what Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., has described as the current "war for talent." Combining the eagle from the Defense Department's iconic heraldry with the term for a … [Read more...]
Why Friendships in the Military Last
JULY 26, 2024 - Iowa infantry Soldiers training at Camp Ripley were running low on smokes, but high on morale and camaraderie. They had been in the field training for almost a week straight; no showers, no laundry, no dining facility and no internet. They just had each other. Several times the Soldiers mentioned how close the unit is, like a family, and it showed. Across … [Read more...]
USSF Astronaut, Team Meet Launch-Support Team
JULY 26, 2024 - Col. Nick Hague and his crewmates from the NASA SpaceX Crew-9 mission met with Airmen and Guardians at the Sands Space History Center outside of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, July 23. The Crew-9 mission is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station later this year. Hague and the rest of the crew, Cmdr. Zena … [Read more...]
Admiral Visits Applied Physics Laboratory
JULY 26, 2024 - Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby visited Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, July 24. The visit highlighted the Laboratory’s work with the Navy including studying real-world lessons learned in Integrated Air and Missile Defense, software development, rapid fleet experimentation and cyber resilience. The Laboratory was founded in 1942 as … [Read more...]
Ukrainian University Students Visit Pentagon
Students from American University Kyiv students and staff and AUK global internship program corporate sponsors meet with DoD leaders on defense policymaking, U.S. military relationships, and defense careers at the Pentagon, July 23, 2024. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) JULY 26, 2024 - A group of Ukrainian university students from their country's capital city, Kyiv, … [Read more...]