APRIL 23, 2024 - A football team is only as good as the game plan it follows, and the same could be said for the Defense Department. A football team cannot have the receivers running routes the quarterback doesn't expect, nor can linemen block just whomever they want. This doesn't mean there can't be adjustments as the game progresses, but everyone on the team must work … [Read more...]
Air Force Demonstrates Readiness During Spirit Vigilance
APRIL 23, 2024 - The 509th and 131st Bomb Wings capped off the most recent iteration of exercise Spirit Vigilance by performing a mass fly-off of 12 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, April 15 at Whiteman Air Force Base. Spirit Vigilance is one of a series of routine exercises held by Air Force global strike bases across the enterprise that focus on the training and readiness of … [Read more...]
Electric Boat Competition Sparks Interest in Navy Career
APRIL 23, 2024 - Student engineering teams from Princeton, Washington College and the University of Alabama have won first place in their respective events at the “Promoting Electric Propulsion” (PEP) boat races, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). In just six years, this electric boat-building competition has … [Read more...]
U.S. Poised to Begin Arms Delivery to Ukraine
APRIL 23, 2024 - U.S. officials are poised and ready to begin delivering needed military capabilities to Ukraine following passage of supplemental budget legislation by the House of Representatives Saturday, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said today. The Senate must approve the bill and deliver it to President Joe Biden for his signature. Ryder … [Read more...]
Saber Strike 24 a Proving Ground for Innovation
APRIL 22, 2024 - As an M1A2 Abrams lets loose with its main gun during a portion of a multinational live fire on Bemowo Piskie Training Ground, Poland, April 19, 2024, it is supported by intersecting fire from armored vehicles from Italian, Spanish, and German units on either side. Officers from those countries, observing the exercise from a nearby tower, nod approvingly after … [Read more...]