Posted by Java Joe on January 26, 2021 · Leave a Comment
COL James “J.P.” McDonough III will be the next commandant at the US Naval Academy. The Marine Corps artillery officer was a 1994 graduate of the academy.
Posted by Java Joe on January 11, 2021 · Leave a Comment
The first members of the commission to rename at least 10 Army bases and possibly two Navy ships that honor the Confederacy have been appointed by acting DefSec Christopher Miller.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bill 33, China, Gary Kessler, ISIS, jobs report, Mark Vandroff, naval academy mascot, North Korea, nuclear codes, Ryan McCarthy, SpaceX
Posted by Java Joe on January 6, 2021 · Leave a Comment
A SolarWinds investor has filed suit against the IT firm Russia exploited to infiltrate 18,000 US computer systems. The lawsuit accuses SolarWinds of failing to disclose the breach. The extent and full nature of the infiltration has not been established by ongoing investigations whose findings are increasingly worrisome to IT experts.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, Intelligence Authorization Act, Mobile Vehicle Access Control Inspection System, MQ-9, Nimitz, Sen. Mark Warner, SolarWinds, Space Development Agency, SpaceX, UFO, Womac Army Medical Center
Posted by Java Joe on December 21, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy has its sailors, the Army has soldiers. There are Marines and airman. The US Space Force troops will be called “guardians.”
Posted by Java Joe on December 1, 2020 · Leave a Comment
An unmanned MQ-8C drone was damaged during testing of a lithium ion battery at Webster Field in St. Inigoes on Nov. 16. That was the second major mishap involving the new variant just in the month of November. A Fire Scout drone crashed at a California Navy base Nov. 10.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags A2 JV, Arlington National Cemetery, Bonhomme Richard, coronavirus, DefSec Christopher Miller, F-35, Janet Yellin, MQ-8C, Neera Tanden, SpaceX, Wreaths Across America
Posted by Java Joe on November 17, 2020 · Leave a Comment
NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft launched Sunday night for a trip to the International Space Station. And another first: Victor Glover became first Black astronaut to join a crew on the ISS.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 5G, Arctic, Atlas V rockets, BAE Systems, Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, USS Bonhomme Richard, Victor Glover
Posted by Java Joe on November 12, 2020 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump appears for the first time since losing the presidential race to Joe Biden to attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day.
Posted by Java Joe on October 19, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan strike group has returned to the South China Sea as tensions with China continue to rise.
Posted by Java Joe on October 13, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Today marks the US Navy’s 245th birthday. NAS Pax River’s celebration will take place this morning starting at 11:30 am on base with retired CAPT Glen Ives, a former commanding officer at Pax, as the speaker. The pandemic is forcing a scaled-back celebration this year.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags CH-53K King Stallion, Chinese satellites, cyber theft, Glen Ives, L3Harris, NASA, Navy birthday, PFAs toxic chemicals, SpaceX, Tekla Research Inc., USS Gabrielle Giffords
Posted by Java Joe on October 6, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy now has new rules on how to continue operating in the midst of a global pandemic. The services says these plans and strategy are based on the scientific and operational lessons gained in the past seven months.