WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: (This article by Hope Hodge Seck originally appeared in the April 2024 edition of Military Officer, a magazine available to all MOAA Premium and Life members. Learn more about the magazine here.) Each spring, advocates with MOAA head to Capitol Hill to educate lawmakers and their staffs on legislation and policy concerns that affect the military and veterans' community. B  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 10 (TNSres) -- The American Association for Cancer Research issued the following news release: Certain proteogenomic signatures in the prostate cancers of men of African and European ancestries were associated with higher risk of metastasis and/or recurrence of the disease, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, held April 5-10. A study that combines proteomics and genomics is a field of research k  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Department of Defense has faced several challenges that have led to lower recruiting numbers, and prevented the Army, Air Force and Navy from reaching FY 2023 recruiting goals. One of those challenges was the implementation of the DOD's new medical records platform in 2022, MHS Genesis. Prior to MHS Genesis, applicants could omit or forget to inc  more

TRENTON, Ontario, April 10 (TNSres) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued the following news release: We live in an increasingly complex world, and the security threats faced by Canada are rapidly changing. Growing challenges to the international order that has long protected Canada's prosperity and security, the rising impact of climate change, and the rapid pace of technological change is all affecting Canada's national interests. These trends are also having real and tangible impa  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- DEFENSE MARITIME SOLUTIONS, Chesapeake, Virginia, won a federal contract award for $1,477,261 from the U.S. Navy, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for ship and boat propulsion components. Contract Award Number: N0010424FZL01; ueiSAM: JA2KCX21NL48; Product Service Code (PSC): 2010; Solicitation Number: N0010424RZA53  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent letters to several agencies requesting additional information on their knowledge and involvement regarding the DEFUSE project, a 2018 grant proposal led by EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuh  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- EA ENGINEERING, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INC., Hunt Valley, Maryland, won a federal contract award for $240,000,000 from the U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, for environmental remediation services. Contract Award Number: N6247024D0010; ueiSAM: LEEMJD9WKDC9; NAICS Code: 562910; Product Service Code (PSC): Z2qa; Solicitation Number: N6247024D0010; SBA - Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: This article by Karen Jowers originally appeared on Military Times, the nation's largest independent newsroom dedicated to covering the military and veteran community. VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia -- As military families face empty shelves and high prices at grocery stores on base, Defense Commissary Agency officials are digging for answers. The organization is working on tr  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, April 9 -- VCOM - Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine issued the following news: Taylor Rudolph, DO, a graduate of the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) - Carolinas, is not your average physician. With a passion for serving her country and a love for aviation, she has taken her medical career to new heights - quite literally. As a flight surgeon in the United States Navy, Dr. Rudolph plays a crucial role in ensuring the health and safety of aircrew a  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Following sustained efforts from U.S. Senator Jon Tester, the U.S. Air Force announced that the Montana Air National Guard Base (MANG) in Great Falls will officially be the first of four selected military bases to receive delivery of new C-130J aircraft. Tester applied pressure on Air Force leadership resulting in MANG being selected for delivery ahead of the Connecticut, Minnesota, and Illinois Air National   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- HONEYWELL AEROSPACE YEOVIL, Christchurch, England, won a federal contract award for $381,300 from the U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for aircraft air conditioning, heating and pressurizing equipment. Contract Award Number: N0038324FV615; ueiSAM: WVB8N39AR1W7; Product Service Code (PSC): 1660; Solicitation Number: N0038324RD031  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittees on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Fiscal Year 2025 Request for Navy and Marine Corps Military Construction and Family Housing" at 2 p.m. on April 11, 2024: Witnesses * The Honorable Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations, Energy and Environment)/ Chief Sustainability Officer, Department of the Navy * Vice Admiral Jeffery T. Jablon, Deputy  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: LEONARDTOWN, MD -- As part of House Democrats' and the Regional Leadership Council's Investing in America Week of Action, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) met with the Southern Maryland Resource Conservation and Development Board (RC&D) for a briefing on the Living Shoreline and Terrapin Habitat Restoration Project. This critical conservation effort was made possible by a $2,428,200 grant from the Natio  more

LAUREL, Maryland, April 10 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland - in cooperation with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the U.S. Navy - played a critical role in the successful execution of Flight Test Other-23 (FTX-23). The Feb. 8 test - also known as Stellar Sisyphus - demonstrated sensor tracking and communications link capabilities of the Aegis Weapon Syste  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 [Category: National Defense] -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: This article by Leo Shane III originally appeared on Military Times, the nation's largest independent newsroom dedicated to covering the military and veteran community. A pair of Senate leaders introduced plans Monday to guarantee a cost-of-living boost in veterans benefits next year that equals what Social Security beneficiaries will receive, in a routine legislative ste  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- LOCKHEED MARTIN, Liverpool, New York, won a federal contract award for $636,813 from the U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for aircraft accessories and components. Contract Award Number: N0038324FDT04; ueiSAM: H11HD5VHGHN3; Product Service Code (PSC): 1680; Solicitation Number: N0038324RN086  more

CLINTON, Mississippi, April 10 -- Mississippi College issued the following news: Megan Pritchett doesn't like to be bored. As registrar at Mississippi College, she never knows from one day to the next what difficulties she may encounter, what issues she may have to resolve. And she thrives on the uncertainty. "I love a challenge," Pritchett said. "I love people coming to me with disparate things and asking, 'What can we do with this?' I love finding a way to make it work, finding a way to ex  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Certification Board for Urologic Nurses & Associates, or CBUNA, is pleased to announce the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has been granted reaccreditation for the Urology Technician Program certification program. The Urology Technician Program, which has maintained accreditation from CBUNA  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- NAVY EXCHANGE SERVICE COMMAND, Virginia Beach, Virginia, won a federal contract award for $39,780 from the U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, for hotels (except casino hotels) and motels. Contract Award Number: N0018924PG048; ueiSAM: KXREDC1PF6C3; NAICS Code: 721110; Product Service Code (PSC): V231; Solicitation Number: N0018924QG076  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: NEWPORT, R.I. - A crew from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, visited the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport on March 20 to learn more about the operations at the warfare center and how collaborations between the two U.S. Navy organizations can be strengthened. The 32 "zone" supervisors who visited are part of the extended dry-docking selected restricted availabi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- PRECISION HOSE INC., Stone Mountain, Georgia, won a federal contract award for $1,303,965 from the U.S. Navy, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for explosives manufacturing. Contract Award Number: N0010424CK032; ueiSAM: HZVFYESM3PZ3; NAICS Code: 325920; Product Service Code (PSC): 1355; Solicitation Number: N0010423RK051  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on April 8, 2024, honoring National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: * * * On this day, we honor the more than half a million brave patriots who sacrificed their freedom as prisoners of war -- risking their own safety for the safety of their fellow Americans. We recommit to fulfilling our country's one truly sacred obligation: to prepare and equip those we send into harm's way and to care for them and their familie  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by Harold Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow and director of the Center for the Economic of the Internet at the Hudson Institute, involving a hearing on March 21, 2024, entitled "Spectrum and National Security": * * * Chair Cantwell, Ranking Member Cruz, and Members of the Senate Commerce Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. Today's hearing is about the r  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by Monisha Ghosh, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Notre Dame, involving a hearing on March 21, 2024, entitled "Spectrum and National Security": * * * Good morning Chairwoman Cantwell and members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the extremely timely and important topic of spectrum policy and technologies and their impact on   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by Wi-Fi Forward Executive Director Mary Brown involving a hearing on March 21, 2024, entitled "Spectrum and National Security": * * * Chair Cantwell, Ranking Member Cruz and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I serve as the Executive Director of WifiForward, and have over 30 years of experience helping foster U.S. leadership in Wi-Fi technolog  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 9 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Washington, District of Columbia has been assigned a patent (No. US 11956935 B1, initially filed Jan. 25, 2022) developed by Zachary A. Sechrist, Alexandria, Virginia, and Christopher G. Yelton, Ridgecrest, California, for "Sense and react tunable radio frequency systems."  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT, Stratford, Connecticut, won a federal contract award for $1,058,114 from the U.S. Navy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for servocylinder assembly. Contract Award Number: N0038324FY618; ueiSAM: UTJWTSLMFNG4; Product Service Code (PSC): 6615; Solicitation Number: N0038323RF313  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), this morning pressed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General C.Q. Brown on the implications of President Joe Biden's proposal to cut military spending in an increasingly dangerous world. Senator Sullivan noted that the Biden administration's proposed defense spending cuts would   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- TRAINING RESOURCES, San Diego, California, won a federal contract award for $36,056,405 from the U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, for technical and trade schools. Contract Award Number: N3220524D0033; ueiSAM: RWJLC3331GM6; NAICS Code: 611519; Product Service Code (PSC): U006; Solicitation Number: N3220524D0033  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: SANTA RITA, Guam - Three mariners are safe on April 9, 2024, thanks to the coordination of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam and the U.S. Navy, after being stranded on Pikelot Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), for more than a week. Responders successfully located the three mariners on Pikelot Atoll on the evening of April 9 and r  more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 10 -- The University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: By Amy Blumenthal Each year, students from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering participate in satellite graduation ceremonies that complement USC's main commencement ceremony. These include the Ph.D. hooding ceremony on Wednesday, May 8, and USC Viterbi-specific undergraduate and two master's-level graduate ceremonies on May 10 following the main USC commencem  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC - USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) undocked from drydock April 8, completing a significant milestone during its multi-year Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at HII-Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) in Norfolk, Virginia. Commissioned in December 1995, the nation's seventh Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entered RCOH in May 2021, under a $3 billion contract with NNS. The overhaul i  more