Cyber Officer Rank Flexibility Timely in Response to Threats from Iran and Russian By Debbie Gregory The United States Navy announced the intention to bring cyber officers in at mid-grade officer levels to ensure that the branch recruits and retains the best cyber officers. The service secretaries can take advantage of new authorities recently granted […]
Funding for ‘Space Force’ Fails to Make Defense Budget Bill By Debbie Gregory It looks as though Congress has put the brakes on President Trump’s sixth military branch, the “Space Force.” Funding for the project was left out of the $716 billion defense budget for fiscal 2019, which begins October 1st. The president has repeatedly […]
Potentially Harmful Water Contaminants Found at Over 100 Military Bases By Debbie Gregory Potentially harmful levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), which have been linked to cancers and developmental delays for fetuses and infants, have been found in the water of more than 100 military installations. The Department of Defense (DoD) began investigating contamination at military […]
U.S. Surgeon General Aids Passenger in Distress By Debbie Gregory. Jerome Adams, the U.S. surgeon general, was headed to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson to participate in a discussion regarding the opioid epidemic with Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and a panel of experts. But he was called into action prior to […]
By Debbie Gregory. When it came time for the Pentagon to chose a new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one of their top choices turned out to be tainted rattled by the “Fat Leonard” scandal. Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard” because of his size, has admitted to bribing Navy officials with […]
By Debbie Gregory. The US Army’s Basic Combat Training (BCT) will soon receive an overhaul intended to build more discipline fighting force. By early summer, the Army’s BCT will be implemented in an attempt to instill strict discipline and pride. But that doesn’t mean that there won’t still be a heavy focus on physical fitness, […]
By Debbie Gregory. President Donald Trump wants to deploy members of the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. No time frame for the deployment has been announced. Trump has promised to build a “big, beautiful wall” on the border since early in his campaign, claiming it will help […]
By Debbie Gregory. Nearly 100 civilian police officers hired to augment military police on U.S. military bases in San Diego County are being asked by the federal government to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in wages after it was discovered the federal government had made an error in determining their pay scale. Sixty […]
By Debbie Gregory. With a number of military spouses facing deportation, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would need to look into whether there may be additional protections for them. While Mattis said he had reached an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that active duty forces, Reserve, Guard and honorably discharged […]
By Debbie Gregory. Long-range, gun-launched, high-velocity and hypervelocity projectile (HVP) technologies are highly desired as potential cost-effective solutions for force protection and ballistic missile defense applications. Now, the Department of Defense is preparing to test-fire its next-generation HVP within the next year, a development that could significantly augment that Pentagon’s existing missile defense systems. HVP […]
