Posted by Java Joe on January 5, 2023 · Leave a Comment
This year all federal workers — military and civilian — will receive a 4.6% pay hike, the largest in two decades.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army National Guard Readiness Center, Bell 407, F-35B, federal pay raise, George W. Bush, Kapolei, Kratos, Orion Space Solutions, Rotorcraft, Schofield Barracks, SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, US District Judge M. Casey Rodgers
Posted by Java Joe on November 30, 2021 · Leave a Comment
The Defense Department will streamline the collection and analysis of UFO reports, following the government’s acknowledgment that these reports are worth studying and might pose a threat to national security.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Ben Grumbles, COP26, COVID, F-35B, government shutdown, iran nuclear deal, James Webb Space Telescope, LRASM, Mark, Mark Esper, Office of Naval Research, omicron variant, P-8A Poseidon, UFOs, USS Connecticut
Posted by Java Joe on June 3, 2021 · Leave a Comment
The Biden administration’s first DoD budget proposal — for FY22 — declares climate change a “national security priority,” includes $30.8 million to address extremism among troops, and enhances training at all levels,
Posted by Java Joe on September 1, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Teams led by the US Navy’s chief of naval operations and the US Marine Corps’ commandant have been studying the services’ fleet size. The force structure plan, originally slated to be released in February, remains on track for the fall.
Posted by Java Joe on December 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment
With the help of engineers from the Naval Air Systems Command, Sikorsky has solved its CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter’s gas re-ingestion problem.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags aircraft carriers, CH-53K King Stallion, defense bill, dogs in combat, F-35B, HMS Queen Elizabeth, James Foggo, NAVAIR, North Korea, Pensacola shooting, Shandong, Sikorsky, Starliner, Taiwan, Taliban, USS America
Posted by Java Joe on August 27, 2019 · Leave a Comment
New Chief of Naval Operations ADM Michael Gilday took over as the highest uniformed office in the sea service last week. He says the Navy “will think differently.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags base security, Delta IV rocket, F-35B, GAO report, hurricane, Michael Gilday, North Korea, Russian S-400, South China Sea, SpaceX Starhopper, Strait of Hormuz, United Launch Alliance
Posted by Java Joe on August 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
As each military service has been rolling out its own policy regarding hemp-derived products like cannabidiol, or CBD, DoD issued this warning: “It’s completely forbidden for use by any service member in any of the services at this point of time.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army modernization, CBD, David Norquist, DefSec Mark Esper, F-35B, Michael Griffin, military commissaries, MQ-9 drone, North Korea, redesigned kill vehicle, Ryan McCarthy, STOVL
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
Posted by Java Joe on September 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment
The US military and Europe officials partner to minimize F-35 operating costs to assure sustainment and future purchase goals can be reached.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing, F-35 operating costs, F-35B, Hauck, HMS Queen Elizabeth, Hurricane Florence, KC-46, mattis, military misconduct, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Navy divers, Norfolk fleet, Pangang Group Company, Syrian jet