More Vehicles Than Ever at Gate 2 and Nationwide
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NAS Patuxent River asks Gate 2 commuters for consideration when traffic is jammed at the intersection of Three Notch and Great Mills roads. Wait your turn. Lower your blood pressure and that of others, too.
For the sixth year straight Americans bought more vehicles, a 5.7 percent increase in 2015 above 2014 delivered an all-time record of 17.47 million light-vehicles sold last year. The previous record of 17.40 million was in 2000, reports Zacks.com.
Heavy classification of sub-contractor details in military contracts may become the norm, Navy Times reports, quoting the Air Force military acquisition head explaining why key details of Northrop Grumman’s Long Range Strike-Bomber contract were not made public as “due to classification and enhanced security.” The increased non-disclosure obstructs data theft by competitors who could use it against the US, says the military.
More than one million cybersecurity jobs will open this year, Forbes reports which pay the most.
Unemployment among US vets dropped in November to its lowest rate since tracking began in 2006. The vets’ drop to a 3.6 percent unemployment rate compares with 5 percent in the civilian population, possibly a result of a government and business push to hire veterans from recent conflicts, reports the Washington Examiner.
Military.com reports, a B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea in the wake of North Korea’s fourth nuclear test, demonstrating the US commitment to its ally, Seoul.
Military Times obtains the US military releases video of Iranian ships launching rockets in close proximity to the aircraft carrier USS Truman. Although the rockets traveled away from the Truman, Fifth Fleet spokesman said, firings “…within an internationally recognized maritime traffic lane is unsafe, unprofessional and inconsistent with international maritime law.”
Defense.gov says, stronger trust in the reporting system spurred more reports of sexual assault and harassment at military service academies for the 2014-2015 academic year than during the previous year. However, scientific surveys used by DoD indicate fewer actual assaults and instances of harassment occurred in ’14-15 than the prior year, according to Dr. Nathan W. Galbreath, senior executive advisor for the Defense Department Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office.
