“To better protect our coastal communities we need to better model, understand and predict the complex and dynamic nearshore environment.”-Brittany Bruder, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Duck, North Carolina, where a major weather research project has been ongoing since 2019.It has been more than 130 years since modern weather […] Continue Reading…
On 20-21 July 2021, U.S. Army soldiers taking part in wargame Forager 2021 on Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, scrambled but not for a possible enemy attack, for a possible typhoon/cyclone.
USA photo by Specialist Richard Carlisi.Turned out it was just […] Continue Reading…
On 21-22 July 2021, Southern Japan was hit by Typhoon In-Fa, in Philippines is was called Typhoon Fabian, whatever you call it the U.S. Marines in Southern Japan were ready.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Alex Fairchild.On Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, U.S. Marines dug in for the 2021 Typhoon […] Continue Reading…
“The arrival of Cannon’s first AC-130J Ghostrider represents a significant expansion of force generation capacity as AFSOC structures for the reemergence of great power competition, tightening fiscal constraints, and the accelerating rate of technological change, demanding significant transformation to ensure Air Commandos are ready to successfully operate in this new environment.”-27th Special Operations Wing […] Continue Reading…
“We are shifting to a mindset of ‘Allied by Design’ as we look at how we acquire future space systems to build out a robust and resilient space architecture. We know our commercial partners are moving […] Continue Reading…
“The survival of NATO and the success or failure in combat in a future war in Europe, will largely depend on the success or failure of this command.”-General Mark Milley, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (sounding a little paranoid)
In 2018, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, which has become a global military since the […] Continue Reading…
The first flight of a T-38 Talon was in 1959, it is still in use, and even testing the latest in military artificial intelligence designed to control all electronic systems, globally.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Hill, 15JUL2021.During the first half of July 2021, U.S. Northern Command (NorthCom) and North […] Continue Reading…
As of 19JUL2021, more than 150, and almost 1-thousand-3-hundred missing or unaccounted for after a devastating flood along the German-Belgian border. People working on a U.S. Air Force base, and a U.S. Army garrison, responded as soon as local governments issued the call for help: “A sign of the German-American friendship that is alive […] Continue Reading…
“This contract award greatly enhances our capability to provide rapid and agile response to meet the Navy’s ever changing contingency requirements from natural disasters to humanitarian efforts to assisting in military conflict.”-Rear Adm. Dean VanderLey, NAVFAC Atlantic
On 15JUL2021, the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic announced it will spend $5-billion on global […] Continue Reading…
“Until yesterday, Haiti was the only country in the Americas without a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Today, 500,000 doses of vaccine donated by the U.S government through COVAX landed in Port-Au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti.”-United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty […] Continue Reading…