Posted by Java Joe on February 14, 2019 · Leave a Comment
NASA’s Wallops Island flight facility wants to know if you have the right stuff to be among 50 social media users selected to help document their April 17 rocket launch. You have until Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 to apply.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Battle of Midway, Battle of Santa Cruz Islands, civilian war casualties, Coherent Technical Services, Doolittle Raid, Gabby Giffords, J.F.Taylor Lexington Park MD, John McCain, Mark Kelly, Martha McSally, NASA, Paul Allen, Petrel, Solomon Islands, USS Hornet, Wallops, Wallops Island
Posted by Java Joe on August 29, 2018 · Leave a Comment
For the first time, the F-35Cs launched, recovered, and maneuvered around the flight deck alongside F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growlers, and E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags army lead testing, Cape Canaveral, Chicago Air and Water Show, F-35C, Gen Alireza Tangsiri, GPS III satellite, John McCain, military housing, Russia, Syria, Yemen
Posted by Java Joe on August 28, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Funeral arrangements for Sen. John McCain include a Saturday service at the Washington National Cathedral in DC and burial at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, AH-1Z Viper, Ausley Associates, Bell Helicopter, Cmdr. David Morales, Fat Leonard, HC-130J Super Hercules, John McCain, MAG Aerospace, nuclear north korea, Persian Gulf, Sandra Schiffer Durbin, T-38 Talon crash, VADM Andrew Lewis
Posted by Java Joe on August 27, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Great Britain’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed for the US to carry out flight trials with F-35B fighter jets at the Portsmouth naval base.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Black Sea missions, deep-space habitat, drones, F-35 Integrated Test Force, F-35A Lightning II, F-35A mishap, HMS Queen Elizabeth, John McCain, Littoral Combat Ships, Mars mission, mental health study, Michele Evans, MUX, Orlando Carvalho, sea drone, space force, USNS Carson City, USS Carney, USS Sioux City, USS Wichita
Posted by Java Joe on March 14, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Putin touts infinite-range missiles that are cannot be intercepted with a video showing hits on the US homeland. Western experts suggest he’s exaggerating Russia’s capabilities, but also warn of immediate needs in the US defenses and nuclear platforms.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Erdogan, firearm policy, Incirlik Air Base, John McCain, missiles, NavSec Richard Spencer, nuclear, putin, Russia, sexual assault, Spener, Turkey, UFO, Vietnam door gunners
Posted by Java Joe on February 28, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Nothing’s final and none of the $10 million to $30 million necessary has been located, but tentatively President Donald Trump’s military parade is scheduled for Veterans Day in Washington, DC.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags camp hansom, John McCain, McCain, military parade, Okinawa, robotic submarines, Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Saudi Arabia, USS John F. Kennedy, veterans day, Wicker
Posted by Java Joe on October 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Appearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week, DefSec James Mattis described the US’ Afghanistan strategy as “R4+S” — “regionalize, realign, reinforce, reconcile, and sustain.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan strategy, climate change, DefSec James Mattis, DepDefSec Robert Work, FOIA, John McCain, Lifecycle Construction Services, Mariah Klenke, Missile Defense, Osprey crash, rules of engagement, T-45 crash
Posted by Java Joe on June 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment
In an open letter to House and Senate Armed Services committees defense experts write, “Congress should grant our military the authority to eliminate waste and ensure that vital defense resources flow to where they are most needed.”
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Posted by Java Joe on January 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair John McCain and ranking member Jack Reed are “seriously considering” the possibility of closing excess military bases to cut down on waste.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2017 defense budget, BRAC, defense budget, drone strike al qaeda, drone strikes, federal hiring freeze, Jack Reed, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, mexican border wall, Mick Mulvaney
Posted by Java Joe on January 25, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Federal unions, the military, and the Democrats are preparing for completely new spending plans which, one Trump adviser says the president is reviewing at the “granular” level.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags budget, comey, Donald Trump, federal budget, hiring freeze, Jeff Merkley, John McCain, Mac Thornberry, Mick Mulvaney, Tony Reardon