Homelessness Prevention Board to Meet
The St. Mary’s County Homelessness Prevention Board will meet at 12:15 pm Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Three Oaks Center supports the board.
OPM Outlines Discipline Policy for Unvaccinated Federal Employees
Federal agencies have received guidance from the Office of Personnel Management outlining the discipline process for employees who refuse to be vaccinated. Employees must get the vaccine by Nov. 8 to comply with the federal mandate. Disciplinary action could begin the next day.
SMECO Offers Tree-Planting Tips
Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative has some tips for homeowners thinking about planting trees and shrubs.
NAWCAD Industry Day Set Oct. 27
The Patuxent Partnership will present NAWCAD Virtual Industry Day from 9 am to noon on Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
New Task Force Will Hunt Russian Subs
The US Navy has created Task Force Greyhound on the East Coast to ensure it has Arleigh Burke-class destroyers that can deploy on short notice to counter the Russian submarine threat in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sailors Complete EMALS Training Course
Ten sailors were the first to graduate from the virtual reality-based Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS, Carrier Aviation Boatswain Mate Equipment C-school.
Visiting a State Park? Remember to ‘Leave No Trace’
Park rangers across Maryland have ramped up efforts to teach nature lovers to “Leave No Trace” after visiting state parks.
Library Co-Hosts One MD One Book Event
The One Maryland One Book for 2021 is “The Book of Delights,” a collection of short essays by poet Ross Gay that examines the many small delights in our lives that give us the resilience to weather some of life’s greatest storms.
RADM Loiselle to Keynote TPP/ANA Panel
RADM Andrew Loiselle will be the keynote speaker for a virtual panel discussion on “Innovation in Naval Aviation” from 4 to 6 pm October 5, 2021.
DoD Tests Cheap Drone Busters
After soliciting whitepapers in May, the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office and the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office chose five solutions to go up against threat targets at Yuma Proving Ground. The five drone busters are Northrop Grumman’s XM1211 30mm Proximity Round, the Smash Hopper from Smart Shooter, Flex Force’s Agile Small Deflection Precision Stabilized Weapon System, IXI’s DroneKiller, and the DroneGun MKIII from Drone Shield.
