Posted by Java Joe on April 13, 2020 · Leave a Comment
DefSec Mark Esper left the door open for reinstating Capt. Brett Crozier, commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, who was relieved of duty after he urged the Navy to step up its response to a coronavirus outbreak on the aircraft carrier.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, ARRW, B-1B Lancer, Boeing, Brett Crozier, coronavirus, COVID-19, DefSec Mark Esper, foreign military sales, Gen. Mark Milley, Lockheed Martin, Mikel Inc., Postal Service, scams, Thomas Modly, USS Theodore Roosevelt, ventilator challenge
Posted by Java Joe on April 6, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Demand for medical face shields has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 public health threat. And 3-D printers are stepping up to make the devices.
Posted by Java Joe on April 2, 2020 · Leave a Comment
As the rate of infection in the military outstrips that of the general population, deployments are being impacted, and military leaders fear a readiness crisis. The warship Coronado could be the herald.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Crew Dragon, Michael Hopkins, NASA, Oshkosh, Shannon Walker, Soichi Noguchi, SpaceX, Thomas Modly, US Air Force Academy, USS Theodore Roosevelt, Victor Glover Jr.
Posted by Java Joe on March 26, 2020 · Leave a Comment
For the first time in US history, a Selective Service panel will recommend requiring women between 18 and 25 register for future military drafts as young men are required to do.
Posted by Java Joe on May 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Marine Corps F-35B Lighting II stealth fighters are training alongside Japanese F-35As for the first time at Misawa Air Base in northern Japan. US and Japanese airmen welcomed the first operational JASDF F-35A to Misawa earlier this year.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Barry McCullough, Bell Boeing JPO, drone sales, EA Engineering, F-35B, Japanese F-35A, Lt. Gen. Scott Howell, Navy SEALS, Operation Inherent Resolve, silent rotor technology, Silver Fang, student loan forgiveness, UAS, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Theodore Roosevelt
Posted by Java Joe on April 2, 2018 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump and DefSec Jim Mattis have discussed the possibility that the US military front the costs for a border wall between the US and Mexico.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags compact fusion reactor, David Shulkin, DynCorp International, Engility, Frank Gaylord, ICBM, ISIS, James Anderson, Korean War memorial, mexican border wall, Navy CIO, South Korean F-35s, Thomas Modly, USS Theodore Roosevelt
Posted by Java Joe on October 30, 2017 · Leave a Comment
A Government Accountability Office report says DoD’s new fleet of F-35 Lightning IIs is experiencing spare parts shortages and other sustainment problems that are hurting the readiness of the fighter jets.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags BAE Systems, DefSec James Mattis, demilitarized zone, Embraer A-29s, F-16C crash, F-16C Fighting Falcon, F-35 Lightning II, hurricane relief, Knifefish, Navy rescue, Niger, Oak HIll, robotics, sea rescue, Tucanos, unmanned underwater vehicle, USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt, UUV, Wasp
Posted by Java Joe on September 28, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Photos capture life aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier where US fighter jets launch to fight the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq .
Posted by Publisher on April 21, 2015 · 1 Comment
Arms are likely headed to Yemen despite a UN embargo, the USS Theodore Roosevelt is headed there too.
Posted by Java Joe on October 1, 2014 · 1 Comment
Construction of the Dominion Resources liquefied natural gas export project in Cove Point was approved by US federal regulators on Monday.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags AWACS, Boeing, calvert county democratic central committee, cloud services, contractor security clearances, Cove Point, cybersecurity, Defense Health Agency, DoD spending, Dominion Resources, F-22, Lockheed Martin, Lusby, USS Theodore Roosevelt, women hiring