A Marine from a town most commonly associated with elves, Santa Claus, reindeer and snow has heard all the jokes since he joined the Marine Corps. He is from a town with candy cane themed street lights, a Santa Claus Lane and where thousands of childrens’ letters arrive for Santa. Now with the holiday season upon the Marines, the North Pole, Alaska, native is surrounded … [Read more...]
Panetta Signs Order to Deploy 400 U.S. Troops to Turkey
by Cheryl Pellerin American Forces Press Service 12/14/2012 - INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (AFNS) -- Secretary Panetta has signed an order that will deploy 400 U.S. personnel to Turkey to support the deployment that NATO agreed to recently of Patriot missile capability there, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today. Panetta signed the agreement en route to Turkey as … [Read more...]
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Launch Successful
by Maj. Eric Badger Air Force Public Affairs 12/11/2012 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AFNS) -- In the next installment to improve space capability and further develop an affordable, reusable space vehicle, the Air Force conducted its third X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle launch here on December 11, officials said. The launch comes on the heels of the successful flight of OTV-2, which … [Read more...]
Army Developing Next-Generation Surveillance Aircraft
December 5, 2012 By Kris Osborn Army scientists, engineers and program developers are making substantial progress building and integrating a technically sophisticated battlefield surveillance aircraft called Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System in a laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., service officials said. The initial task, now underway … [Read more...]
Secrets of the Universe Revealed
by Philip Lorenz III Arnold Engineering Development Complex Public Affairs 12/3/2012 - ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. (AFNS) -- Looking skyward, scientists worldwide now know the universe's size, composition, approximate age and rate of expansion, thanks in part to "essential" data derived from a time-sensitive test conducted at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex's … [Read more...]