Posted by Java Joe on January 7, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Navy plans to commit $24 billion to buy two new Ford-class aircraft carriers under the same contract, a commitment that should save 5 to 10 percent over buying each carrier separately.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan, Army recruiting, David Norquist, DefSec Patrick Shanahan, electronic warfare, Ford-class carrier, Fulcrum IT Services, Gen. Scott Miller, Get It Done Solutions, government shutdown, Jim Webb, Kelvin Droegemeier, military commissaries, Syria, the Eurofighter Typhoon, unmanned combat air vehicles, US Mexico Border
Posted by Java Joe on December 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Navy VADM James Malloy has landed in Bahrain on temporary duty with US 5th Fleet and US Naval Forces Central Command, after the previous commander VADM Scott Stearney was found dead in his home over the weekend from an apparent suicide.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 5th Fleet, Army Ranger Peter Kassig, Army recruiting, Bennu, Chinese sanctions, government shutdown, ISIS, Osiris-Rex, Saudi arms deal, SpaceX, US Mexico Border, US-China trade, VADM James Malloy, VADM Scott Stearney
Posted by Java Joe on October 1, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The first Royal Navy pilot to land an F-35B stealth fighter on Britain’s new HMS Queen Elizabeth tells his story. Flying the test jet from NAS Patuxent River, Royal Navy Cmdr. Nathan Gray touched down to start two months of flight tests.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, air-to-air missile, Airtec Inc, American States Utility Services, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Army recruiting, Blue Angels, cyber protection, F-35B, F-35s, foreign military sales, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Nathan Gray, PAE Applied Technologies
Posted by Java Joe on September 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment
US military forces from the US Indo-Pacific Command participated in Valiant Shield 2018 last week near Guam with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, 15 surface ships, over 160 aircraft and around 15,000 military personnel.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army recruiting, B-52H Stratofortress, Chinese sanctions, Dutch F-35, F-35B, FlightFab Inc., MQ-4C Triton, T-6A Texan II, US Indo-Pacific Command, USS Enterprise, USS Kansas City, USS Wasp, Valiant Shield, Vostok, war remains
