Mentor Partners Anchors Production of "Salute the Troop...
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On Sunday September 7th at 9/8c on ABC, we will air this year's Bob Hope style patriotic variety show entitled, USAA Presents "America United: In Support of Our Troops." This event is a 2-hour special saluting ...

MoD names soldier killed in Afghanistan new
8 hours ago

A British Army soldier killed in Afghanistan has been named as Ranger Justin Cupples, the Ministry of Defence said.

PROFILE: NT man views world through his lens
20 hours ago

When he graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in photojournalism, North Tonawanda native Joe Painter said he was looking for a traditional photographer's job.

Surrounded by a Sea of Danger
1 day ago

The geographic North Pole is the northern point on the earth's axis around which the earth spins.

Patrol Coastal Ships Returned to U.S. Naval Service
2 days ago

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Coleman Thompson, Fleet Public Command of patrol coastal ships USS Tempest and USS Monsoon was returned to the U.S. Navy from the U.S. Coast Guard during a ceremony ...

Alliant Techsystems Wins $97M Navy Contract
2 days ago

Alliant Techsystems Inc., which makes ammunition, propulsion systems and aerospace supplies, said Tuesday it received a $97 million U.S. Navy contract for the design, development, integration, and test of its ...

Velocity Leads City of Newport's Technology Implementation
2 days ago

The City of Newport, R.I. credits the Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc., project management team's expertise, collaboration and commitment as key factors in the city's successful technology upgrade process.

New eatery making noise
3 days ago

There's a new place to get a sandwich in town - but with a twist. The staff at The Bell and Whistle on Phelps Street can make all the familiar favorites, but there are also sandwiches and paninis that feature ...

ATK Awarded $97 Million Contract to Develop the Multi-Stage Supersonic Target for the U.S. Navy
3 days ago

Alliant Techsystems announced today that it has been awarded a $97 million contract for the design, development, integration, and test of the Multi-Stage Supersonic Target by the Naval Air Systems Command, ...

Judicial Waterboarding of Our Marines - Update SGT Nazario Acquitted
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Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Judicial Waterboarding of Our Marines - UPDATE SGT Nazario Acquitted! : The Authors Blackfive Former Paratrooper and Army Officer, Matthew "Blackfive" Burden ...

Aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk on way to Bremerton
4 days ago

The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk is on its final cruise, headed to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.

5 Reasons the U.S. Navy's Scared
4 days ago

It's a well-known rule of thumb in military circles: protection from the things that scare the Pentagon receive R&D money.

US ends probe of nuclear submarine leak in Japan
4 days ago

TOKYO : Japan has received a final U.S. report concluding that small amounts of radiation escaped from a faulty valve on an American nuclear-powered submarine during Japanese port visits but posed no health or ...

Lieutant Sara Pope M.D. US Navy on Humantiarian Medical Deployment
5 days ago

Lt. Sara Pope, from Auburn, Calif., embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy , gives a prescription to a patient during a Pacific Partnership medical civic action program in the ...

Hacker fails in final bid to halt extradition toUS
5 days ago

A COMPUTER expert who hacked into top secret American military networks was last night facing extradition to the United States after losing a last-ditch legal appeal.

Air Force Hurricane Hunters
31 Aug 2008 at 4:53pm
The Air Force Hurricane Hunters have evacuated from Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi to continue operations at Homestead Air Reserve Station near Miami to support ongoing missions into Hurricane...

Commissaries Gearing Up for Case Lot Sales
31 Aug 2008 at 4:52pm
It's that time of the year again. Each May and September, military commissaries hold massive case lot sales, where patrons can save 50 percent or more off regular...

ROTC Critical Language Incentive Pay
31 Aug 2008 at 4:52pm
The Army is now offering a financial incentive for recruiting new college Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets who take courses in critical foreign languages. New ROTC cadets who sign...

National Guard Activated as Gustav Targets Louisiana
31 Aug 2008 at 4:51pm
As 1,500 National Guard members arrived in New Orleans on Friday to support the city’s police department and assist in executing civil support missions, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the...

Air Force Maintenance Will Not Reorganize
31 Aug 2008 at 4:50pm
Back and forth. Back and Force. Back and Forth. Last June I reported that the (then) Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. T. Michael Moseley wanted...

AWOL and Desertion
31 Aug 2008 at 4:49pm
Many people confuse the terms, AWOL and Desertion. Some people believe that AWOL is when someone is absent for less than 30 days, and someone absent from the military for...

Air Force Looking for Physician Assistant Applicants
31 Aug 2008 at 4:48pm
Air Force officials are taking applications from active-duty enlisted Airmen for Physician Assistant Phase I training classes beginning January, April and August 2010. The deadline for...

Army Wife in Legal Limbo, Stranded in Germany
25 Aug 2008 at 1:02pm
Read this Stars & Stripes article and see if it makes you as angry at our State Department, as it does me. U.S. Army...

The 21 Gun Salute
25 Aug 2008 at 1:01pm
The practice of firing gun salutes has existed for centuries. Early warriors demonstrated their peaceful intentions by placing their weapons in a position that rendered them ineffective. The gun salute...

TDY Per-Mile Rate Increases
25 Aug 2008 at 1:00pm
In response to the mid-year rise in gasoline prices, General Service Administration officials raised the temporary-duty mileage rate from $0.505 per mile to $0.585. The increase...

US Navy - US flagship reaches Georgian port held by Russia
by Michael D'Alessandro
Associated Press - The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet, the USS Mount Whitney, anchored Friday outside the key Georgian port of Poti, defiantly delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged U.S. ally in a slap at Moscow.

Iraq - How to Exit Iraq
by Michael D'Alessandro
New York Times - John Nagl on what our exit strategy should be from Iraq.

Operations Other Than War - Canadian Team Brings Experience to the Kearsarge
by Michael D'Alessandro
Defense Technology International - Canadian Army Captain Daniel Rouest heads up the 15-member Canadian contingent currently aboard the USS Kearsarge—his team being the first of three teams of Canadian doctors, trauma nurses, and dentists that will spend 6 weeks each aboard the ship, bringing the total number of Canadians to have participated in Continuing Promise to about 42 by time the float ends in December.

Brazilian Navy - Brazil to Develop Nuclear-Powered Submarine, with French Help
by Michael D'Alessandro
Defense Technology International - Brazil will spend $160 million by the end of 2009 to develop a nuclear-powered submarine aimed at protecting oil reserves found recently off the Brazilian coast, the defense ministry announced on August 29. It hopes the sub wil be completed by 2020.

Operations Other Than War - Kearsarge Parties, Gets Down to Business
by Michael D'Alessandro
Defense Technology International - After almost two weeks floating off the eastern coast of Nicaragua, ferrying medical and engineering personnel to shore and patients in need of surgery back to the ship for care, the crew and medical personnel staffing the USS Kearsarge needed a break...

Operations Other Than War - Operation Continuing Promise Sets Sail
by Michael D'Alessandro
Defense Technology International - While stretched thin fighting two hot wars, deploying troops on peacekeeping and training missions from southeast Asia to Bosnia, launching a new Africa combatant command, and keeping a battle-ready deployment on the North/South Korean border; the American military still makes it a priority to invest time, resources and personnel to conduct smaller humanitarian missions among poverty-stricken populations in need of medical care.

Royal Navy - Navy forced to curb role as Gordon Brown imposes cuts
by Michael D'Alessandro
The Times - The government is planning further big cuts to the Royal Navy after deciding that terrorism is the only serious threat to Britain. Annual accounts from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that it is to cut funding for new ships and equipment by more than 20%, from about £1.8 billion a year to a maximum of £1.4 billion.

Operations Other Than War - Bataan deploys from Norfolk for hurricane relief ...
by Michael D'Alessandro
Virginian Pilot - As two new tropical storms roll through the Atlantic, the amphibious assault ship Bataan left Norfolk Naval Station this morning to conduct hurricane relief exercises.

US Navy - Navy cancels new destroyers
by Michael D'Alessandro
Los Angeles Times -The Navy took the unusual step of abruptly canceling construction of its expensive new class of destroyers last month because the ships lack abilities that top commanders believe are necessary to protect U.S. interests, according to the service's senior officer.

Royal Navy -Royal Navy on hand to assist
by Michael D'Alessandro
Cayman Net News - Royal Navy Warship, HMS Iron Duke and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Wave Ruler have now arrived in the vicinity of the Cayman Islands, ready to render assistance if required in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.

US Navy - Bataan to deploy to Gulf Coast; prepare for hurricane relief
by Michael D'Alessandro
Virginian Pilot - The US Navy on Saturday ordered the big-deck amphibious ship Bataan to deploy and prepare for disaster relief as Hurricane Gustav grew in intensity and bore down on the Gulf Coast.

Information Warfare - Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S.
by Michael D'Alessandro
New York Times - The era of the American Internet is ending.

Invented by American computer scientists during the 1970s, the Internet has been embraced around the globe. During the network’s first three decades, most Internet traffic flowed through the United States. In many cases, data sent between two locations within a given country also passed through the United States.

Engineers who help run the Internet said that it would have been impossible for the United States to maintain its hegemony over the long run because of the very nature of the Internet; it has no central point of control.

And now, the balance of power is shifting. Data is increasingly flowing around the United States, which may have intelligence — and conceivably military — consequences.

Geopolitics / Burma - Lifting the Bamboo Curtain
by Michael D'Alessandro
The Atlantic - Robert Kaplan writes that as China and India vie for power and influence, Burma has become a strategic battleground. Four Americans with deep ties to this fractured, resource-rich country illuminate its current troubles, and what the U.S. should do to shape its future.

US Coast Guard - Coast Guard's Plans on Ice
by Michael D'Alessandro
Defense Technology International - One of the Coast Guard’s duties is to patrol the freezing cold waters off the northernmost coast of our United States. And they can’t do it in shoddy boats. Two of the three USCG polar icebreakers – the Polar Star and Polar Sea – have exceeded their intended 30-year service lives. And on the service’s current schedule, the first replacement ship might not enter service for another decade.

US Navy - Lockheed's New Combat Ship Passes Its Review From Navy
by Michael D'Alessandro
Wall Street Journal - After passing a U.S. Navy review, Lockheed Martin Corp. is closing in on delivering a new warship that will be a milestone in the defense contractor's expanding foray into shipbuilding.

Google Alert: "US Navy" Davis leads Ball State over Navy 35-23 The Associated Press - The Cardinals, 2-0 for the first time since 1995, held the Midshipmen (1-1) on downs at the 3 after Navy threatened to take the lead late in the third ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" BSU Football Live: Offense clicking, Cardinals lead Navy 14-6 Muncie Star Press - Muncie,IN,USA The Cardinals took only two plays to score against Navy in front of a packed house at Scheumann Stadium. Nate Davis connected with Dante Love for a 61-yard ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Coast Guard raises port storm alert status; Navy will "hunker down" Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA By PETER FROST | 247-4744 The US Coast Guard at 3 pm ratcheted up the port storm alert status, warning marine terminal operators, the US Navy and vessel ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Navy enlists Health Science Center in fight against biological warfare Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is leading a $3 million research project that will allow Navy officials to detect blood-borne ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Lockheed Martin Selected for US Navy C4ISR Systems Lifecycle ... MarketWatch - USA has been awarded a indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, cost-plus fixed fee contract by the US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, ... See all stories on this topic US Navy Conducts Second Test of Raytheon's Standard Missile-6 MarketWatch - USA The active seeker, employing the US Navy's legacy command system, autonomously acquired and engaged the target. "The SM-6 integrates the legacy standard ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" US Navy Ship Arrives at Georgian Port Where Russia Has Troops Bloomberg - USA 5 (Bloomberg) -- The flagship of the US navy's 6th Fleet anchored off Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti today, about 10 kilometers from a post manned by ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Tetra Tech Awarded $50 Million US Navy Biological Resources Contract Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a $50 million contract to perform biological resources management services for the US Navy. ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" US navy ship steams into port where Russian troops stationed Times Online - UK A US navy flagship has steamed into a Georgian port where Russian troops are still stationed, stoking tensions once again in the tinderbox Caucasus region. ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Raytheon Recognized in Navy Award for Submarine Combat Systems Your Industry News (press release) - Aberdeen,UK 4, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) was recognized in the presentation of the US Navy's 2008 Team Submarine Excellence Award to the Navy's ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Navy Aids Families Affected by Gustav Military.com - USA Navy Personnel Command (NPC) activated the Crisis Action Organization (CAO) Sept. 1 to begin accounting for Navy personnel and families in the Gulf Coast ... See all stories on this topic What the navy needs to carry out its duties Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa By Helmoed R?mer Heitman The Navy's fleet composition has been much in the news again, sadly without much understanding of what is involved and required. ... See all stories on this topic Sealift ship could fill a crucial gap in navy Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa The possibility that the navy might get the sealift ship was revealed on Thursday by Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota at a media briefing about the ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Navy loves ground game Indianapolis Star - United States They were the longest runs in a game in which Navy rushed for 521 yards. This time Navy is coming to Scheumann Stadium. Kaheaku-Enhada (hamstring) won't ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" In Opener, Navy's White Did a Lot With a Little Washington Post - United States By Camille Powell In many ways, the most remarkable thing about Shun White's school-record rushing performance in Navy's season opener last Saturday wasn't ... See all stories on this topic US Navy ship finds crashed C-130 transport plane ABS CBN News - Philippines By DIMPLE LUPINA, ABS-CBN Davao US Navy ship John McDonnell finally found on Thursday night the ill-fated Philippine Air Force C-130 transport plane that ... See all stories on this topic C-130 fuselage located by US Navy ship -- officials Inquirer.net - Philippines Using an underwater sweeping device, the USNS John McDonnell, an oceanographic survey ship of the United Sates Navy sent last week to help Task Force C-130, ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Firepower and 'stooge' boss in Navy party probe ABC Online - Australia The call came as Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said he would look into claims that Firepower used a Royal Australian Navy frigate for the official launch ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" US Navy P-3 Orions to Receive Lockheed Martin New Production Outer ... MarketWatch - USA has received a $129.3 million contract to build a total of 13 new outer wing sets for the US Navy's P-3 Orion fleet. The all new production outer wings will ... See all stories on this topic Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports ... NavyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA Navy personnel and families also are advised to review evacuation procedures, according to a notice from Rear Adm. Mark Boensel, commander of Navy Region ... See all stories on this topic

Google Alert: "US Navy" Navy starts work on new carrier pier at Bremerton Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA Construction has started on a new pier at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to better handle the Navy's newer aircraft carriers. Shipyard commander Capt. ... See all stories on this topic