7/31/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have released a free Apple and Android smartphone mobile application for use with post-traumatic stress disorder treatment. The app is called PE Coach; PE stands for "prolonged exposure." Psychologists at the Defense Department's National Center for Telehealth and Technology, known as T2, and the VA … [Read more...]
AF Partners with Schools, Universities to Promote STEM
by 1st Lt. Ashleigh Peck Air Force District of Washington 7/27/2012 - WASHINGTON, D.C. (AFNS) -- Teachers from across the U.S. became students for a week during an Air Force-sponsored ASM International Materials Camp July 13 at Howard University, Washington, D.C. ASM started the camps for students in 2000 to make science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fun. After … [Read more...]
Army Plans Major Stryker Upgrades
July 30, 2012 By Kris Osborn, Assistant Secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 30, 2012) -- Army engineers are designing and implementing important Stryker vehicles upgrades. The efforts are focused on technologies that will provide the platform a stronger engine, improved suspension, more on-board electrical power … [Read more...]
Military Scholars Ahead of Competition for College Admissions
7/27/2012 By Sgt. Heather Golden, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms A new academic partnership may mean all the difference for transitioning Marines waiting on acceptance letters to their schools of choice. The Leadership Scholar Program, which is sponsored by Marine Corps Community Services, connects colleges and universities with the kind of … [Read more...]
Strengthening Our Core
Commentary by Col. Jim Dryjanski National War College 7/19/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The greatest threat to the United States Air Force right now is not external. It is from within. The allegations of sexual misconduct at Lackland Air Force Base splashed across the news will undoubtedly be fully investigated and criminal behavior will be prosecuted appropriately. The … [Read more...]