BETHESDA, Maryland, April 17 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: The 2024 Military Health System Conference in Portland, Oregon continues with further discussion of the new MHS strategic plan. Panelists and speakers from USU continued discussion at the Military Health System Conference in Portland, Oregon, on day two, with topics ranging from exciting new research to the strength of the Uniformed Services University's (USU) Postgraduate Dental School, our   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 17 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following faculty news: By Zachary Willis, Hadiyah Brendel, and Sharon Holland "Uncertainty is the killer of readiness." Opening the first Military Health System Conference in over a decade, the Honorable Ashish S. Vazirani, acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, delivered a bold proclamation that echoed through the ballroom of the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. His words fell upon the  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Each year, the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) hosts the Commanding Officer (CO) and Technical Director's (TD) Annual Awards ceremony. This year's event included 15 Annual Awards, one Navy Civilian Service Meritorious Award, and recognition of three patents acquired in fiscal year 2023. The annual awards program epitomizes the best the command has to offer. Through   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 17 -- The Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International issued the following news release: The Board of Directors of the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today announced that Michael Robbins is the association's new President and CEO. William Irby, Chair of the Board of Directors and President of AgEagle Aerial Systems, said: "Michael has proven himself as an effective advocate and leader in the industry, and with his extensive  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: ***WATCH: Senator Murray's opening comments and questioning of Secretary Carlos Del Toro*** Today--at a Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Navy and Marine Corps--U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, discussed how important it is we invest not only in equipment but, critically, in the brave serviceme  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today--at a Senate Appropriations Defense subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2025 budget request for the Navy and Marine Corps--U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, discussed how important it is we invest not only in equipment but, critically, in the brave servicemembers in the Navy and Ma  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: The United States has recovered $2,020,000 in a lawsuit it brought on behalf of the Department of the Navy for damages incurred as a result of a May 30, 2020, aircraft collision at Brown Field Municipal Airport in San Diego. In 2023, the United States brought a lawsuit against defendants Christopher Sanders, Tac Air Ops, LLC, Tac Air California, Inc., Ka  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Cambridge International Systems, Inc., a defense contractor headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that it participated in a bribery scheme with the company's former Executive Vice President Russell Thurston, and former Naval Information Warfare Center employee James Soriano, among others. According to Camb  more

LONDON, England, April 17 -- The Climate Group issued the following agency statement on April 16, 2024: * * * For the first time since its launch in 2021, the US Climate Action Summit is broadening its program to include a calendar of events happening in Washington D.C from April 22-28, 2024. With Earth Week on the horizon, we recognize the power of amplifying a collective voice to create a resonant message. At the heart of this action lies the power of convening - bringing together diverse s  more

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, April 17 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Luis Delgadillo, DCMA Western Region Public Affairs The Defense Contract Management Agency activated its latest contracting office here during the Aircraft Integrated Maintenance Operations performance review April 4. The activation ceremony marks the first time the agency consolidated multiple contracting offices from the East, Central and West regions under one primary office. Navy Capt  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on April 16, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News Senior Pentagon officials underscored today the imperative for continued investments in missile defense and deterrence capabilities as U.S. adversaries increasingly seek to extend their offensive reach and threaten to upend global peace and stability. Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, said the threats posed by intermediate and long-ran  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By David Vergun, DOD News The number one readiness concern of U.S. Transportation Command is sealift and air refueling, said Air Force Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, Transcom's commander. Van Ovost testified yesterday before the House Armed Services Committee regarding the posture of the Defense Department's mobility enterprise and funding. "Sealift is the backbone of our ability to deliver a decisive joint forc  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By Jim Garamone, DOD News Sealift and aerial refueling capabilities are top readiness concerns for U.S. Transportation Command, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost told the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday. Van Ovost leads Transcom, which is responsible for, arguably, the U.S. military's greatest asymmetric advantage -- the ability to get troops anywhere in the world and supply them. Transcom works wi  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Following Iran's attack on Israel this weekend, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today urged House Republicans to finally pass the national security supplemental, which passed the Senate in February on a bipartisan basis and would provide aid for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and Taiwan. During his speech, Durbin reflected on the ongoing threats that Iran posed prior to the attack on Israel. "I   more

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 17 -- The Canada Department of National Defence issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Today, His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Max Bernays arrived in its new homeport in Esquimalt, British Columbia. As the first Harry DeWolf-class vessel to permanently join Canada's Pacific Fleet, this is a pivotal milestone in the expansion of the Royal Canadian Navy's Arctic and Offshore Patrol fleet. The introduction of HMCS Max Bernays to Maritime Forces Pacific enh  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Rob Wittman (R-VA), Chairman of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on the Department of Defense's budget request for fixed-wing tactical and training aircraft programs. Rep. Wittman's remarks as prepared for delivery: I welcome everyone to   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Last weekend, Iran and its proxy groups launched more than 300 airborne weapons at targets in Israel, but the U.S., Israeli and partner forces destroyed a significant portion of them before they reached their targets. Among the weapons launched from locations in Iran, Syria and Yemen were over 110 medium-range ballistic missiles, more then 30 la  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By C. Todd Lopez, DOD News Last weekend, Iran and its proxy groups launched more than 300 airborne weapons at targets in Israel, but the U.S., Israeli and partner forces destroyed a significant portion of them before they reached their targets. Among the weapons launched from locations in Iran, Syria and Yemen were over 110 medium-range ballistic missiles, more then 30 land-attack cruise missiles, and over 150 u  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: PORT HUENEME, Calif. - Two employees who advocate for those with disabilities at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) in California have earned national honors for promoting disability awareness and inclusion. Steven Cosgrove and Wendy Dasgupta are the first NSWC PHD personnel to win Disability Matters Awards, which recognize organizations and individuals for supporting  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Ahead of tomorrow's Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee hearing on the Navy's FY25 budget request, Ranking Member Joe Courtney sent a new memo to his colleagues on the House Armed Services Committee detailing the growing momentum in the submarine industrial base and the importance of maintaining a steady Virginia Class submarine procurement rate. "Ahead of FY25 budget hearings and negotiations  more

BRISBANE, Australia, April 17 -- Northrop Grumman issued the following news release: Northrop Grumman Australia (NYSE: NOC) has signed a contract with L3Harris Corporation (L3HCA) for the operation and maintenance of command-and-control systems aboard Australia's MQ-4C Triton multi-intelligence uncrewed aircraft fleet. The collaboration is another milestone in advance of delivery of the platform to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). * As prime systems integrator on Triton, Northrop Grumman  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) hosted a Chief Technology Office (CTO) Professional Development Seminar featuring the topic "Unlocking Innovation, Patents and Intellectual Property" on March 21, 2024. The one-hour session covered the history of patents and intellectual property, how the work of scientists and engineers at NSWCPD relates to patents, and how to generate a patent based on  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Diversity, and Inclusion Office was presented the Disability Matters Workplace North America Award during the 18th Annual Disability Matters North America Conference and Awards Ceremony held on April 4-5 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Presented annually by Springboard Consulting LLC, the award honors companies for their   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on April 15, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News Partnerships are critical to the United States' strategy for ensuring a stable and secure Arctic region, a senior defense official said today. Esther McClure, the Defense Department's director of Arctic and oceans policy, said the U.S. and its allies face global competitors that seek to rewrite rules that underpin global security as the Arctic quickly becomes a leading  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript of a news briefing on April 16, 2024, by Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder: * * * MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER: All right, well, good afternoon, everyone. Just a few things here at the top, then we'll get right to your questions. This morning, Secretary Austin had his first engagement with Admiral Dong Jun, Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China, via teleconference from here a  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: In a hand delivered-letter to Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio following his address to the US Congress late last week, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) made a direct appeal to the Japanese leader to personally intervene and help return over 500 American children who have been abducted to Japan to their left-behind parents in the United States. "As our two countries continue to take steps to strengthen our d  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, Representatives Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and Mike Bost (IL-12) announced that the Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company has been awarded a $10,334,376 contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to make flight deck safety boots for the U.S. Navy. Last year, Budzinski announced a $7.8 million contract with the U.S. Army. "The Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Company has played a cri  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 16 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Washington, District of Columbia has been assigned a patent (No. US 11958570 B1, initially filed Aug. 26, 2021) developed by David B Coakley, Alexandria, Virginia, for "Sandwich cable fairing apparatus and method with a central damping layer."  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: National Harbor, Maryland - "We must prioritize increasing industrial capacity to meet our era's global challenges. We are at a turning point in our Nation's history." - The Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, in his remarks at Sea-Air-Space 2024. Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) Deputy Technical Director Steve Anthony presented the command's role in rebuilding the country  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing "Oversight of the U.S. Postal Service," U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) highlighted the importance of maintaining trust in the reliability of delivery services provided by the United States Postal Service (USPS). Senator Carper, a senior member of the Committee, noted that while action is needed to improve   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 [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. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a veteran who unsuccessfully tried to use both his Post-9/11 GI Bill and Montgomery GI Bill benefits, saying that Veterans Affairs officials erred in limitin  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. Pat Hannifin turned command of Task Force 70 and Carrier Strike Group 5 over to Rear Adm. Greg Newkirk during a ceremony at U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka Friday morning, April 12. The guest speaker at the event was Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, while the presiding officer was Vice Adm. Fred Kacher, Commander of U.S. 7th F  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: U.S. Army South capitalized on the expertise of the Joint Planning Support Element from the Joint Enabling Capabilities Command for multidomain operational planning during a mission readiness exercise held at the U.S. Army South headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston from Feb. 26 to March 8, 2024. The command enlisted the assistance  more

MANILA, Philippines, April 17 -- The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military will conduct the 39th iteration of Balikatan, the largest annual bilateral training exercise between the two Allies, from April 22 to May 10. The exercise directly supports the U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty by enhancing military cooperation and readiness between the two militaries. More than 16,000 mem  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Seaman First Class (S1c) James W. Holzhauer, 23, of Abingdon, Virginia, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May 18, 2018. On Dec. 7, 1941, Holzhauer was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The  more

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain, April 17 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt departed Naval Station Rota, Spain to begin her sixth Forward-Deployed Naval Forces-Europe (FDNF-E) patrol, April 11. The ship and her crew will begin this patrol by crossing the Strait of Gibraltar and operating in the Mediterranean Sea, in support of U.S. Sixth Fleet tasking. "Roosevelt's crew is excited to get underway and ge  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following press briefing on April 15, 2024: Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby discusses his role supporting America's Warfighting Navy with Fed Gov Today reporter Francis Rose at Sea Air Space, National Harbor, Maryland, April 8, 2024 Francis Rose: Thank you very much for joining me, admiral. It's great to have you here...talked to CNO at WEST and the conversation there revolved around America's Warfightin  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: This weekend, Arizona Senator and U.S. Navy combat veteran Mark Kelly joined CBS' 'Face the Nation' and MSNBC's 'Inside with Jen Psaki' to emphasize U.S. support for Israel and highlight the importance of preventing a wider regional conflict. Kelly, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, also talked about the urgency to pass the national security packa  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on April 15, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, I just have a -- just something really quick at the top. Is the -- the mics are always funky. Is it funky? Q: It's normal. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No? Q: You sound good. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, okay. (Laugh  more