Posted by Java Joe on July 29, 2019 · Leave a Comment
DefSec Mark Esper signed a memo on his first full day at work establishing a task force to deal with cancer-causing chemicals found on military bases.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags cyber-defense, David Mandt, executions, glaciers, Mark Esper, Nice Bridge, North Korea missile launch, PFAs toxic chemicals, SpaceX, underwater sea grasses, US Cyber Command
Posted by Java Joe on July 9, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Just days before he was to become the US Navy’s top officer, ADM Bill Moran says he will retire, reportedly due to a professional relationship he kept with a former Navy official accused of sexual misconduct.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Bill Moran, Amazon.com, Army recuitment, Black Hornet mini-drones, Blue Crabs, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, electric vehicle rebates, F-16 Vipers, ISIS, Littoral Combat Ships, nuclear threats, SpaceX, Turkey, uss montgomery
Posted by Java Joe on May 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate. Over the weekend, the FAA warned that current tensions in the Persian Gulf area could pose a threat to air travel in that region.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Alutiiq Information Management, Braxton Technologies, Coherent Technical Services, Daniel Mai, Darryl Williams, David Norquist, DefSec Patrick Shanahan, Eric Chewning, F-16 crash, Greenfield Engineering Corp., Iran, March Air Reserve Base, MATHCOUNTS, Persian Gulf, Simone Askew, South China Sea, SpaceX, Starlink internet satellite, US Coast Guard cutter Bertholf, US Mexico Border, USS Abraham Lincoln, USS John C. Stennis, West Point
Posted by Java Joe on April 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Earlier this month, the cutter Bertholf made a port stop in Hong Kong, the first time the Coast Guard has visited the Chinese territory in 17 years.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags amphibious drones, Blue Angels, Fort Trump, John Bolton, Ki Ho Military Acquisition Consulting, Mike Pompeo, North Korea missile launch, Silver Stars, South China Sea, SpaceX, SpaceX Crew Dragon, Sri Lanka bombings, Ukraine, US Coast Guard cutter Bertholf
Posted by Java Joe on April 9, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The new CH-53K heavy lift helicopter has had some struggles during its past year of testing but it will emerge as a capable and reliable asset for the Marine Corps, says Lt. Gen. Rudder, a Marine aviator.
Posted by Java Joe on February 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The first privately funded spacecraft is scheduled to launch Thursday from Florida to the moon. The aircraft is propelled by a Falcon rocket from Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Ashaf Ghani, DefSec Patrick Shanahan, Elon Musk, Fitzgerald, Google, Maduro, moon, NASA, Opportunity, Sheldon Adelson, South China Sea, SpaceX, Triton, Venezuela
Posted by Java Joe on January 24, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The St. Mary’s Airport Rules special meeting, postponed from Jan. 14, is rescheduled during the Airport Advisory Board’s regular January meeting, Jan. 28 at 6 pm at the Airport Terminal Building, Hollywood, MD.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Arctic, Donald Cook, Ken Griffey Jr., Mariano Rivera, Murmansk, Singapore, South China Sea, SpaceX, St. Mary's County Airport, Tom Seaver
Posted by Java Joe on January 22, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The resurrected 2nd Fleet will become operational by early next year. The fleet will oversee the training of Navy forces on the East Coast. Expect the fleet to be “leaner, agile, and more expeditionary” than it was when deactivated in 2011.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 2nd Fleet, Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, CH-53K King Stallion, cybersecurity, malware, missile defense strategy, Navy surface fleet, P-8A Poseidon, Rep. Elaine Luria, sealift fleet, SpaceX, VADM Richard Brown, veteran suicides, Vulcan rocket
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 November 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Lockheed Martin’s experimental supersonic plane has officially entered production. Earlier this year, NASA awarded the company a contract to develop an aircraft capable of reaching supersonic speed without creating the sonic boom that comes with breaking the sound barrier.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Antares rocket, Australia F-35, B-21 bombers, climate change, defense budget, Deputy DefSec Patrick Shanahan, DoD audit, Gen. Joseph Dunford, Great Britain F-35, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Space X Falcon 9, SpaceX, supersonic aircraft, trade war, Turkey F-35, Wallops Flight Facility
