Posted by Java Joe on August 2, 2022 · Leave a Comment
NAS Patuxent River Security has a new Military Working Dog kennel. Before the kennel opened, the dogs assigned to Pax River were housed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling more than 60 miles away. With a kennel at Pax, base security has improved its overall readiness and also cut logistical costs associated with housing and transporting the dogs off site.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags AARO, AeroVanti, Brittney Griner, ejection seat, flying cars, Global War on Terrorism, LCS Milwaukee, military working dogs, NASA, North Korea, space debris
Posted by Java Joe on August 1, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Naval Air Systems Command grounded an undisclosed number of planes last week following the discovery of a problem with a component involved in the pilot ejection process.
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Posted by Java Joe on July 28, 2022 · Leave a Comment
“You’re really out of time and you need to figure [this] out,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo pushed Congress to act on gaps in the domestic supply chain for US weapons. Semiconductors, critical mineral supply chains, and computer chips are addressed in bills currently before legislators.
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Posted by Java Joe on July 27, 2022 · Leave a Comment
It’s every sailor’s responsibility to respond to an emergency, so the 25 PAX firefighters, although serving a shore-based installation, took the opportunity to receive shipboard firefighting training at the Merchant Marine school in Piney Point, MD.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bobby Troup, COL Ken Bode, firefighters, John Paul Cook, Joseph Sacco Firefighting and Safety Training School, Jr., khat, Korean Aerospace Research Insstitute, Lewis B. Puller, Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Tiangong space station, Wally Schirra
Posted by Java Joe on July 26, 2022 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy has installed a liquid-metal 3D printer on the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Essex to help test the new printing technology at sea.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 3D printing, Army Gen Mark Milley, Chesapeake Bay, daylight saving time, Joint Base Andrews, rim of the pacific, RIMPAC, SkillBridge, Ukraine, USS Essex, USS Whidbey Island
Posted by Java Joe on July 25, 2022 · Leave a Comment
NAS Patuxent River has lowered speed limits on base in an attempt to improve driver, pedestrian, and cyclist safety. In most areas where a change has occurred, the speed limit has been lowered to 25 mph.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags amphibious combat vehicle, child care, Gilbert Cisneros Jr., Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, JPALS, KBR Wyle Services LLC, MQ-9A Reaper, Olena Zelenska, Rim of the Pacific drills, RIMPAC, robocalls, Ukraine, US Naval Academy
Posted by Lexi Leader on July 21, 2022 · Leave a Comment
The computer vulnerability discovered last year in a ubiquitous piece of software is an “endemic” problem that will pose security risks for potentially a decade or more, says the United States’ new Cyber Safety Review Board.
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Posted by Java Joe on July 20, 2022 · Leave a Comment
NAS Patuxent River has been awarded $2.7 million from the 2022 REPI Challenge Package to mitigate rising sea levels and accelerating shoreline erosion that threatens aircraft testing and training. Nine projects won awards from the 2022 Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program, totaling $31.6 million.
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Posted by Java Joe on July 19, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Today, Tuesday, July 19, is 2022 Primary Election Day in Maryland. Polls will be open from 7 am to 8 pm.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2022 Primary Election, Air Mobility Command, air-launched cruise missiles, CH-53K King Stallion, Chesapeake Bay blue crabs, covid vaccinations, Donor Outreach for Veterans, Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, rim of the pacific, RIMPAC, Sikorsky, US Naval Academy, veteran disability claims
Posted by Java Joe on July 18, 2022 · Leave a Comment
Three Maryland lawmakers are urging the state Department of Transportation to pause plans to demolish the existing Gov. Harry Nice Memorial Bridge. They want a review conducted to determine the feasibility and cost of repurposing the old bridge for recreational use.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2022 Primary Election, B-2 Spirit, Bayways Crossing Ferry, Booz Allen Hamilton, CMV-22B Osprey, drones, food insecurity, mental health, military suicides, NAVAIR, Nice Bridge, South China Sea, Throughline, TikTok, Ukraine, US Space Command