Posted by Java Joe on July 17, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Senators are looking to extend the eight-year service obligation for graduates of US service academies, noting a 20 percent cost hike per graduate since the obligations were last adjusted in 1996.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Academies, Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein, elizabeth warren, Finland, Mark Esper, navy academy, Raytheon, Richard Spencer, service academies, Tehran, West Point
Posted by Java Joe on July 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment
A celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 will include the projection of a full-sized, 363-foot Saturn V rocket onto the Washington Monument for three nights this week.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 5G, Apollo 11, Army Alaska, carnivorous plant, David Berger, Lockheed Martin, Mark Esper, MQ-8C Fire Scout, Northrop Grumman, Sikorsky, South Korea F-35, US Army North, VADM Michael Gilday
Posted by Java Joe on July 8, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The White House needs to work fast to install a permanent Pentagon chief. Acting DefSec Mark Esper, the president’s pick for the top defense post, is not permitted to serve in his current role beyond July 30.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Camp Casey, Dambusters, Edward Gallagher, F-35s, Gowind corvettes, hot refueling, Lt. Col. Diosabelle Buack, Mark Esper, Maryland House of Delegates, Robert Gilliland, sexual harassment, SR-71 Blackbird, USS Harry S. Truman, vehicle rollovers
Posted by Java Joe on July 3, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump touts “brand new” World War II-era tank display at the Washington, DC, Fourth of July celebration, the Blue Angels, and his chance to “say a few words.”
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bowe Bergdahl, Desert Storm, Gerald Ford, Iran, John Bolton, keto diet, ketogenic, Mark Esper, Montgomery, North Korea, tanks
Posted by Java Joe on July 1, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Marine Corps’ fiscal 2020 aviation bonuses are aimed at enticing pilots to sign eight-year contracts and plug the flood of Marine aviators trading in their military wings to fly civilian skies.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AUVSI Seafarer Chapter, Blue Angels, C-130J Super Hercules, continuing resolution, DCS Corp., drone attack, Fat Albert, Gen. David Goldfein, James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, Louis Berger US Inc., Marine aviators, Mark Esper, Melwood, military recruiting, QSTA, Quiet supersonic technology aircraft, Strait of Hormuz, supersonic travel
Posted by Java Joe on June 27, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rebukes the Trump White House in reaction to new US sanctions. Rouhani says the hope for a diplomatic solution between the two nations has ended.
Posted by Java Joe on June 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump says he intends to nominate Mark Esper as the new defense secretary, David Norquist as the deputy defense secretary, and Ryan McCarthy as the Army secretary.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 9/11 GI Bill education benefits, AAR, Cherokee Nation, Daniel Inouye, David Bellon, David Norquist, drone attack, General Atomics, Iran, John Bolton, Lockheed Martin, Mark Esper, Matthew Donovan, MQ-9B SkyGuardian, Nasatka Barrier Inc., Robert Friend, Ryan McCarthy, Space Development Agency, space force, Tuskegee Airman, UH-1 Iroquois, US Marine Corps Forces North
Posted by Java Joe on June 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Acting DefSec Patrick Shanahan’s bid to become defense secretary has been withdrawn. Reports are that he is resigning after scrutiny over a domestic fight with his wife in 2010.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Black Hornet mini-drones, Boeing P-8A, cybersecurity, early retirement, House Homeland Security Committee, ICE, Inmarsat Government Inc., Jeffrey Harley, Mark Esper, Naval War College, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Shannon Kent, Shoshana Chatfield, Turkey TF-X fighter, United Technologies
Posted by Java Joe on May 21, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Recreational drone users will face new FAA regulations that will go into effect this summer.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, Chancellor Robert Caret, drones, dual-band radar, Erdogan, FAA drone rules, Heather Wilson, Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, JPALS, Korsar UAV, Mark Esper, Osprey, Poland, Preakness, RQ Shadow 200, STEMConnect, Turkey F-35s, University System of Maryland, US Naval Academy, Walter "Ted" Carter
Posted by Java Joe on May 6, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Amphibious assault ship USS America is on its way to the Pacific. The US Navy says the security situation in the region demands that it shifts its most capable ships into the area.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags CH-47 Chinook, Chinese submarines, civilian deaths, God of Chaos asteroid, House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Kelly Craft, Mark Esper, NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot, Rep. Julia Brownley, Roger Revelle, sexual harassment, Sikorsky, UAS, USS America, White House ornament, women veterans
