FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, June 12 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir issued the following news: By Shannon Collins The Army recently expanded the reimbursement policy and fellowship program for military spouses to promote career continuity, financial stability, professional fulfillment, talent retention and support overall military readiness. The Army enhanced the reimbursement program for business costs and relicensing fees due to relocation for spouses and increased awareness of its paid fellows  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 13 -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release: By Warren Duffie Jr., Office of Naval Research For excellence in research areas such as rocket engines and autonomous vehicles, the Department of the Navy's (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program recently presented $15,000 scholarship awards to five students competing in the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISE  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: As part of its ongoing modernization efforts, the Department of the Air Force chief information officer, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, is accelerating initiatives to provide Guardians, Airmen, civilian employees, and contractors the ability to responsibly experiment with Generative AI, with adequate safeguards in place. DAF senior leaders are focused on maximizing competitive advantage, recog  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has selected CACI, Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, to maintain and improve IT services across the agency. The NASA Consolidated Applications and Platform Services (NCAPS) award is a hybrid firm-fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity provision and a maximum potential value of about $2 billion. The performance period will extend eight years with a 90-day phase-in period, followe  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) scientists Dr. Demitrios Stamatis and Emma Skekel were honored at the 2024 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientist and Engineer Awards ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, June 12. "Their contributions exemplify the innovation and expertise coming from Indian Head Division, which is now being recognized by some of the top decision makers in the Dep  more

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Shireen Bedi, Air Force Surgeon General Public Affairs When Lt. Gen. Robert Miller became the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General in 2021, he committed to building and nurturing personal connections within the Air Force Medical Service. His priority was to ensure the AFMS remained the greatest ready medical force in world. Now, with his retirement ceremony in sight, Miller reflecte  more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to rob U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carriers at gunpoint for their "arrow keys," including as a gunman in one of the armed robberies. According to court documents, O'Sirus Charles Landres Ford, 22, was a member of a social media group identified by th  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: A Chesapeake man was sentenced today to six years in prison after being caught with heroin and fentanyl as well as a firearm. According to court documents, from November 2022 through June 2023, Travis Morris, aka Black, 39, distributed fentanyl and heroin in Chesapeake. On multiple occasions from Dec. 12, 2022, to June 20, 2023, Morris sold a mi  more

ABINGDON, Virginia, June 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: Michael Donivan White pled guilty today to federal charges related to the November 2021 murder of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler and a wide-ranging drug conspiracy. White, 36, of South Carolina, pled guilty today to eight counts in relation to the murder of Officer Chandler. Specifically, he pled guilty to one count of causing th  more