By Debbie Gregory. When it comes to overcoming our daily challenges, we civilians can learn a thing or two from our elite military forces. Our Special Forces are masters of warfare, fitness, endurance, and preparation. Here are some of their mental preparation techniques that we can all use: Concern yourself with just the immediate: don’t […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the active search for five crew members missing after their Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter went down during a training exercise on August 15th off the Hawaiian coast. The Army has identified the crew as: 1st Lt. Kathryn Bailey, 26, of Hope Mills, North Carolina, was […]
By Debbie Gregory. Breakthroughs in biometric science mean future troops will fight with weapons that understand them, inside and out. The U.S. military is funding research to collect biophysical data from soldiers, sailors, Marines, and pilots in order to improve troops’ performance by understanding what’s happening inside their bodies. The research will help develop […]
By Debbie Gregory. The head of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command wants permission to deal with civilian drones—including shooting them down Gen. Mike Holmes, the head of Air Combat Command (ACC), is trying to remedy the problem of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) that are flown near a military airfield. Holmes reported that back […]
By Debbie Gregory. The three top officers aboard Navy warship Fitzgerald that collided with a freighter off the coast of Japan were relieved of their duties. They are the commanding officer, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, Cmrd. Sean Babbitt, and Master Chief Petty Officer Brice Baldwin. Additionally, nearly a dozen sailors face disciplinary action, including all those […]
By Debbie Gregory. It’s been a few years since former Army Aviation Officer Andrew Brennan began his quest to ensure veterans of the Global War on Terror have a memorial in Washington, D.C. But, finally, the Pittsburgh veteran’s effort to memorialize his comrades’ sacrifices is set to move forward. The stumbling block has been the […]
By Debbie Gregory. A proposal for new state legislation in California that will help confront the issue of veteran suicides has been introduced by Assemblyman Dr. Joaquin Arambula and Assemblyman Jim Patterson. AB 242 would require death certificates to reflect whether the deceased person was ever a member of the U.S. Armed Forces. Currently, details […]
By Debbie Gregory. Two pilot programs are being offered by the U.S. Marine Corps that would allow qualified majors through lieutenant colonels to receive their PhDs with the Corps picking up the tab, as long as they agree to stay in the service for an additional six years. Interested applicants should get moving: with only […]
By Debbie Gregory. Congratulations to Delphine Metcalf-Foster, who has been elected National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans. Metcalf-Foster was chosen over roughly 10 other candidates at the organization’s 96th National Convention in New Orleans. Metcalf-Foster is the first woman candidate, as well as the first African-American female, to head up the DAV’s most important […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Army Cyber-research Analytics Laboratory (ACAL) is unlike any other lab, providing access to highly-sensitive live cyber-security data to government, industry, and academic partners. The vision of ACAL is to lead the Army’s future cyber capabilities by discovering new knowledge, providing a world-class laboratory and promoting global partnerships. Its mission is to […]
