WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for environmental education in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $300,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Environmental Edu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Navy will christen its newest Expeditionary Fast Transport, the future USNS Newport (T-EPF 12), during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony Saturday, November 9, at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The principal speaker is Rear Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, President of the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Mrs. Charlotte Marshall, a Newport native, will serve as the ship's sponsor. In a time-honor  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Nov. 4 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Scholars reached "beyond the hype" to discuss artificial intelligence as a tool for the American military during a U.S. Naval War College conference Oct. 24-25. Who is accountable when an autonomous warship fires its weapons? How can the federal government harness "big data" in a meaningful way? What are the nation's adversaries up to, and how can the U.S. compete? A group of academics from across the military a  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Nov. 8 -- The Naval War College issued the following news, dated Nov. 5: Twenty multinational naval officers assigned to the Combined Task Force (CTF) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) participated in the first-ever U.S. Naval War College hosted classroom education course with a focus on humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR) planning. The maritime CTF consists of representatives from the United States, El Salvador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina an  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Nov. 8 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: U.S. Naval War College students squared off this week in a competition meant to hone their analytical skills regarding decision-making in the world's major security theaters. The annual exercise is part of the college's theater security decision-making coursework in the National Security Affairs Department. The winning group received the James G. Stavridis Award for Excellence in Theater Strategic Planning. The   more