Posted by Java Joe on July 7, 2021 · Leave a Comment
The US troops slipped out of Bagram Airfield Friday night, shutting off the electricity as they left, but not telling the new Afghan commander. Gen. Mir Asadullah Kohistani didn’t learn of the departure until two hours later.
Posted by Java Joe on June 16, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The first phase of the Pentagon’s reopening is bringing back some employees who had previously been ordered to stay home and opening select entrances to the building.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 5G, CV-22 Osprey, defense budget, F-35, Huntington Ingalls, Lockheed Martin, National World War II Memorial, Pentagon, Project Maven, US Space Force, US Special Operations Command, USS Fitzgerald, Will Roper
Posted by Java Joe on January 15, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit moves into the Red Sea. The 2,500 Marines join thousands of other US forces deploying to the region amid high tensions between the US and Iran.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags 26th MEU, Bahrain, border wall, Kuwait, Marines Expeditiionary Unit, MEU, Natalie Combs, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, USS Fitzgerald
Posted by Java Joe on November 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
DoD’s second-ever financial audit shows some progress, but uncovers more new problems than fixes. DoD has 3 million employees, 4,500 defense sites in 160 countries, a $292 billion inventory, more than $2.9 trillion in total assets, and $2.8 trillion in liabilities.
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Posted by Java Joe on April 18, 2019 · Leave a Comment
USS Fitzgerald leaves dry dock after more than a year of repairs after a June 2017 collision with a merchant ship that killed seven sailors.
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Posted by Java Joe on January 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Olympic Steamship Company, owner of the merchant vessel, the ACX Crystal, that collided with the USS Fitzgerald in 2017, will pay the US government nearly $27 million as part of a settlement agreement. Seven sailors drowned.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Charles Kupperman, Chinese Sky Hawk drone, drones, government shutdown, Information Warfare Readiness Improvement Plan, Olympic Steamship Company, RADM Carl Chebi, SEAL Derrick Walters, US Mexico Border, US Naval Academy, USS Fitzgerald
Posted by Java Joe on July 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment
In advance of this week’s NATO summit in Brussels and ahead of US President Trump’s planned visit with Russian President Vladmir Putin, Russia has been building up the infrastructure and bunkers at one of its military sites at the Polish border.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Bryce Benson, Chinese tariffs, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, military commissaries, phishing, Pland, Polar Flow fitness platform, Robert Lighthizer, Trump-Putin summit, USS Benfold, USS Fitzgerald, USS Mustin
Posted by Java Joe on June 21, 2018 · Leave a Comment
US Senate blocks Lockheed’s $10 billion sale of F-35s to Turkey, fearing the fighter jet’s secrets are at risk since the NATO ally’s decision to buy the Russian S-400 air defense system.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Afghanistan commander, amphibious combat vehicle, Austin Scott miller, BAE Systems, Bryce Benson, F-35, Irian Woodley, Lockheed, Maryland National Guard, Massachusetts National Guard, Natalie Combs, NATO, Turkey, UN Human Rights Council, USS Fitzgerald, Virginia ational Guard
Posted by Java Joe on May 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment
In the wake of a series of troubling aircraft mishaps and crashes ― several of which have been fatal ― Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein has ordered a one-day safety stand down for all flying and maintenance wings when the service conducts safety reviews.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Blue Water veterans, Christopher Clark, Corey Barker, Don Ensminger, Gen. David Goldfein, iran nuclear deal, largest cocaine seizure, Lt. Jonathan Larsen, oil prices, RADM Brian Corey, RADM Mark Darrah, safety stand down, Sarah Coppock, sequestration, Tribalco, US Pacific Fleet, USS Fitzgerald, USS Georgia
Posted by Java Joe on May 1, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Supply challenges and unshared lessons learned of the F-35 could imperil the high-tech aircraft’s operational effectiveness, according to a GAO report released last week.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Expeditionary Fast Transport Capabilities, F-35B, foreign military sales, Gen. Tony Thomas, hypersonics, Michael Griffin, North Korean missiles, SOCOM, USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain, VADM Joseph Aucoin