Monat: September 2011

PENSACOLA, Fla., Sept. 2, 2011 — The Blue Angels’ F/A‑18 Hor­net air­craft will use a bio­­fu­el-blend dur­ing their per­for­mances at the Naval Air Sta­tion Patuxent … 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2011 — Anoth­er chap­ter comes to a close today aboard the USNS Com­fort when it docks at Nor­folk, Va., after five months … 

THE HON. JASON CLARE MP Min­is­ter for Defence Materiel Navy’s new anti-ship mis­sile defence radar sys­tem has been released for ini­tial oper­a­tional use after achieving … 

LATHAM. N.Y., Sept. 2, 2011 — New York Army Nation­al Guard avi­a­tion units have logged 150 hours of flight time and trans­port­ed 60,000 pounds of … 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2011 — Vol­un­teer orga­ni­za­tions that improve the lives of ser­vice mem­bers and their fam­i­lies must con­tin­ue their lead­er­ship in today’s chal­leng­ing times, … 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2011 — A com­bined Afghan and coali­tion secu­ri­ty force yes­ter­day detained a Tal­iban leader and an asso­ciate dur­ing an oper­a­tion in the … 

AIR FORCE Geor­gia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being award­ed a $49,853,499 cost-plus-fixed-fee, inde­f­i­nite-deliv­­ery require­ments con­tract to iden­ti­fy emerg­ing sen­sor capa­bil­i­ties, and assess … 

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2011 — Navy Chap­lain (Capt.) Ron­dall Brown’s thick Blue Ridge Moun­tain drawl makes its pres­ence known here, as he describes … 

This week the Marine Corps announced a decrease in acti­vat­ed reservists, while the Army, Air Force and Coast Guard announced an increase. The Navy announced … 

FORT BRAGG, N.C., Aug. 31, 2011 — On the out­side, Army Spc. Josh Brown looks and acts like an aver­age 22-year-old para­troop­er serv­ing in the … 

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2011 — Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma yes­ter­day called on Con­gress to move quick­ly on an ini­tia­tive to offer tax cred­its to employ­ers who … 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2011 — As the Dec. 31 depar­ture date approach­es for approx­i­mate­ly 46,000 U.S. troops remain­ing in Iraq, Iraqi secu­ri­ty forces in the … 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2011 — Sec­re­tary of Vet­er­ans Affairs Eric K. Shin­se­ki announced yes­ter­day that more than $2.2 bil­lion in retroac­tive ben­e­fits already has been … 

AIR FORCE ïBoe­ing Satel­lite Sys­tems, Inc. of El Segun­do, Calif. is being award­ed a $1,099,800,000 firm fixed price con­tract mod­i­fi­ca­tion to allow pro­duc­tion of Satellite … 

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 31, 2011 — Two Defense Depart­ment groups are labor­ing to rush equip­ment and sys­tems to over­seas-deployed U.S. warfighters.