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WFXL FOX 31
April 14, 2018
... doctors and nurses,” Dorothy Bryant, MCLB Child Development Center, said. “These are our children of tomorrow.” MCLB will be celebrating Purple Up Day, and they will wear purple for all military kids on April 26. MCLB has more than 100 kids at the base, and there are more than 200,000 military kids across the county.
AMN Al-Masdar News
April 14, 2018
Additional, more sensitive military equipment is also stored within the ship's internal cargo bay. The shipment is part of an ongoing reinforcement and logistical support operation being carried out by the Russian military in assistance the Syrian Armed Forces and Syrian war effort more generally speaking.
Department of Defense
April 14, 2018
Right now, the U.S. military is practiced in counterinsurgency operations. The defeat-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria campaign has honed the skills needed to train local troops and provide troops with enablers like close air support and logistics. If groups like al-Qaida and ISIS were the only threats, thenÃâà...
Shephard Media
April 14, 2018
... of aircraft platforms. We are very excited that KAI selected Cobham's latest oxygen concentrator solution for its newest platform. 'The KF-X programme is strategically important for Cobham and this contract award will allow us to continue to lead the market in life support oxygen systems for military aircraft.'.
The New Yorker
April 14, 2018
Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Shiite militias under their control—mobilized from Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan—are now deployed in three dozen Syrian military facilities, including headquarters, logistical nodes, drone-control rooms, training centers, and other sites. Iranian-backed forcesÃâà...
The Killeen Daily Herald
April 14, 2018
“It was a very dangerous enemy when our soldiers went off the forward operating bases, but we were able to sustain them much easier than if we were on the manuever battlefield,” Perna said. “A manuever battlefield requires us to keep up with the maneuvering force and it's an understanding that theÃâà...
gulfnews.com
April 14, 2018
Backed by massive air and military logistics support from the Saudi-led coalition, Yemeni troops intensified an offensive against Al Houthi-held territories in Radman district, north of Baydha, with the aim of recapturing Qanea market that was fell to militia last week. The ministry said government forces seizedÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 14, 2018
Compared to jets, it can take weeks to deploy heavy self-propelled artillery systems across the globe, and they demand significant logistical capacity in the ... Because Moscow is more focused on fighting wars along its borders—notwithstanding its recent foray into Syria—global logistics are of less concern.
Shephard Media
April 13, 2018
The GATM upgrade programme was originally awarded to Rockwell Collins by the USAF in 1999 to replace outdated avionics equipment. The work included the integration of a new flight management system, new inertial navigation units, military flight planning with tanker-unique patterns, integration to theÃâà...
Army Recognition
April 13, 2018
The Indian Company Ashok Leyland, flagship of the Hinduja Group and the largest suppliers of logistics vehicles to the Indian Army presents the Guru 715, a new generation of 4x4 military logistic truck at DefExpo 2018, the International Defense and Security Exhibition in Chennai, India.
USNI News
April 11, 2018
The services want to rehearse delivering equipment to a contested environment because future engagements are likely to include fighting to the fight, according to a panel of military logistics experts during a panel discussion at the Navy League's Sea Air Space 2018 exposition. “We must definitivelyÃâà...
WUNC
April 3, 2018
And in Taiwan, men have to serve in the military before they turn 36. Dean was 32 — and on vacation with his girlfriend — when he got the news: His parents had received an official letter from the Taiwanese military summoning him to ... He worked on logistics, figuring out where each athlete would stay.
La Crosse Tomah Journal
April 3, 2018
Students in reclassification training for the Army's 13M military occupational specialty operate M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System vehicles March 1 ... Stratman said Staff Sgt. Jacob Koutnik with the 121st was a critical go-to person to get the training schedule built and to get the logistics of everythingÃâà...
Daily Press
March 31, 2018
Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, who co-chaired the hearing where Buzby testified. “I think the Department of Defense needs to reassess its commitment to a core military competency: logistics,” he said. “At the heart of any successful campaign is the logistics train that provides the bullets and butter to theÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 28, 2018
The US Army has publicly release its new 'demand reduction strategy' for future logistics operations at this week's Association of the US Army Global Force exhibition and symposium. Prior to this, two important events in October 2017 were the release of the Army's field manual 3.0 .
Army Recognition
March 25, 2018
This $200 million of the budget will be used to finance U.S projects for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular, such as training of soldiers, provision of military equipment, lethal defensive weapons, other military equipment and services, and logistic support. In March 2017, the U.S. administration toldÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 24, 2018
GE's Marine Solutions' LM2500 marine gas turbines have been selected to power the US Navy's DDG 126 and 127 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the company announced on 19 March. The destroyers are being built by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The LM2500 marine gas turbine is a simple-cycleÃâà...
Dayton Daily News
March 24, 2018
Logistics Foreign Military Sales Award – Civilian Tier I: Earl W. Sollmann, AFSAC. Logistics Foreign Military Sales Award – Civilian Tier III: Donald L. Walls, ISR & SOF Directorate. Logistics Foreign Military Sales Award – Civilian Tier III: Michael T. Woelfle, AFSAC. Logistics Staff Award – Civilian Tier I:Ãâà...
Shephard Media
March 24, 2018
The contract will see Peraton support the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Program Management Office with onsite engineering, logistics and ... It is our job to help our military do this work more safely and efficiently, and ultimately help make former conflict areas safe for people to live, work and travel.'.
Army Recognition
March 22, 2018
This vision forms the core of a project between the Bundeswehr Logistics Command and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to further develop the Bundeswehr logistic system. Together with the soldiers in Mazar-e Sharif and theÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 22, 2018
Saab has signed an agreement with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding the maintenance of technical system support for flight safety equipment, the company announced on 16 March. The total value of the agreement including options amounts to $14.33 million. The agreement isÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 21, 2018
The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is working with industry to update battery systems that power some of the US military's key weapons systems, the DLA announced on 15 March. Recent work led by the DLA includes the development of a new lithium ion-based power system for the TOW 2 anti-tankÃâà...
Task & Purpose
March 21, 2018
From Tuttle, Defense logistics for the 21st century, the logistician will learn of the modern inputs to logistics capability and how they relate to expeditionary warfare. From Kane, Military logistics and strategic performance, the strategist will learn how logistics creates the circumstances for strategy and tactics,Ãâà...
Shephard Media
March 20, 2018
Seychelles' opposition coalition, which holds a majority in parliament, said on 20 March it would not ratify a deal signed with India to build a military base on one of the archipelago's outlying islands. The deal would see India invest $550 million in building the base on Assumption island to help it ensure theÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 19, 2018
Tapestry Solutions will roll out an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning/Logistics Management Information System (ERP/LMIS) for the Qatar armed forces. Work will be performed under a five-year contract, which also includes maintenance support. Tapestry Solutions has teamed with Qatar-basedÃâà...
Breaking Defense
March 15, 2018
Since the Civil War, the US military has been famous for wholesale logistics, building “iron mountains” of supplies. But now we might be entering an era of retail, robotic resupply. The Marines pioneered the idea of supply drones with the K-MAX unmanned helicopter in Afghanistan, which could carry threeÃâà...
Theredstonerocket
March 15, 2018
“You cannot have Army readiness without materiel readiness,” Gen. Gus Perna, the Army's senior logistician and AMC's commander, said. “Soldiers cannot win on the battlefield without weapons to shoot, tanks to maneuver, food to eat and the logistics support to ensure those provisions are in place whenÃâà...
Theredstonerocket
March 15, 2018
A cross-section of representatives from the Army and industry comprise the group, which is chaired by the Program Executive Office for Aviation: the Aviation and Missile Command, the Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center, Army Aviation Logistics Center, Aviation Center ofÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 15, 2018
The US Air Force's 418th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS) is completing testing on a new head-up display for the C-17 Globemaster III. The USAF is looking to see if the Replacement Head-Up Display (RHUD) can replace the legacy C-17 display system with a more capable solution. The three-week test sawÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 15, 2018
Terma and Scandinavian Avionics have partnered to form an avionics test centre in Denmark, Terma announced on 12 March. Under the partnership, the companies will initially provide a proposal to support F-35 avionics for the F-35 programme office. As a next step, the companies will seek mutualÃâà...
WUNC
March 13, 2018
BMW, Microsoft, and CVS are among the companies that conduct on-base job training for service members who will soon leave the military. .... July, the drugstore giant CVS Health opened a 'Talent Connect Center' at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, where vets can train in management, retail and logistics.
South China Morning Post
March 13, 2018
The increase to military pay scales, which will apply also to pensions and retrenchment compensation, is the second since President Xi Jinping, who heads the CMC, in September 2015 announced plans to cut 300,000 troops to create a more nimble fighting force. The last pay rises came in August 2016.
Shephard Media
March 13, 2018
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary's (RFA's) Lyme Bay has been accepted back into the fleet after completing a refit, re-store and sea trials, the navy announced on 8 March. Since leaving its homeport of Falmouth, Lyme Bay has undergone safety and readiness checks for aviation, machinery breakdown drills,Ãâà...
Axios
March 12, 2018
Other companies the records list as having received similar payments for military logistics operations include Interstate Airways, partially owned by South Sudan's First Lady, as well as Nile Basin for Aviation, an airline owned by family members of top military and government officials. Crown Auto Trade, a Toyota dealershipÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 10, 2018
But Pentagon officials, citing the cost, logistical difficulties and rarity of large-scale military parades in the United States, have sought to shift the focus to celebrating American history and the contributions of veterans, and away from displaying military hardware and row after row of marching troops — aÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 9, 2018
As part of that effort, from March 4-6, a high-level Vietnamese military delegation led by Senior Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, the chief of the General ... to explore collaboration in areas such as defense industry collaboration, including maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) and logistical support.
New York Times
March 9, 2018
The administration is already deliberating over the logistics and location of the meeting, with a senior State Department diplomat noting that the most ... Kim conducted tests or interfered with joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea that are scheduled to begin at the end of March.
U.S. News & World Report
March 9, 2018
On Friday, police called in about 180 marines, soldiers and air force personnel with expertise in chemical weapons, decontamination and logistics to help with the probe and to remove vehicles that might be contaminated. Military vehicles arrived at Salisbury District Hospital, where the victims are beingÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 9, 2018
WFEL has delivered the first tranche of rapidly-deployable military bridges, including the Dry Support Bridge (DSB) and Medium Girder Bridge (MGB), to the Australian ... The company's comprehensive integrated logistics support package is also being supplied to cover through-life support for the bridges.
The Guam Daily Post
March 8, 2018
With logistics a significant consideration in the military relocation projects, representatives from agencies overseeing the island's airport and seaport gave assurances Thursday that both can handle greater demands as a result of the buildup. Felix Pangelinan, Port Authority of Guam deputy generalÃâà...
Shephard Media
March 8, 2018
Hensoldt has launched a new air traffic control (ATC) radar called the ASR-NG Deployable, the company announced on 5 March. The rapidly deployable ATC radar complies with all International Civil Aviation Organization, Eurocontrol and safety standards for civil and military ATC. The ASR radar familyÃâà...
Jacksonville Business Journal
March 5, 2018
Magellan Transport Logistics is expanding its operations in Jacksonville, acquiring a 47,000-square-foot warehouse and hiring more 100 employees over the next five years. Tom Piatak ... He expects most of the 100 hires in the next five years to come straight out of college or military service. "We like to hireÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 5, 2018
Hunting ballistic-missile launchers would be one of the U.S. military's most important tasks were hostilities on the Korean peninsula to erupt. ... A war, however, would still strain the U.S. military's logistics — its ability to move troops, supplies, civilians evacuating from the peninsula and the wounded.
Lompoc Record
March 5, 2018
Dirk Starbuck, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron honorary commander, center in black shirt, gave Airmen a tour of the Veterans Memorial Building in ... of the Lompoc city council, gave the Airmen a tour of his muffler shop as he expressed his delight in once again being a helpful hand to the U.S. military.
Shephard Media
March 2, 2018
Thales has signed a contract worth around $949 million with the Australian Defence Force and Airservices Australia for the delivery and deployment of the OneSKY programme, the company announced on 26 February. OneSKY is an advanced civil/military airspace integration project that intends toÃâà...
Business Insider
March 1, 2018
For the US, those logistical capacities have been tested by increasing activity in Afghanistan as well as efforts to built up its presence in Europe. The US Army's 1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade served as the logistics headquarters in Afghanistan in 2017. During its six-month deployment, the unitÃâà...
National Defense Magazine
March 1, 2018
It is also placing printers closer to the point of need rather than keeping them only in the factory, which reduces production and storage requirements and shortens supply lines. This has a substantive impact on mission performance. This logistical approach is being piloted today with a military customer via aÃâà...
Shephard Media
February 28, 2018
Mack Defense has announced the production of 100th Load Handling System trailer as part of the Canadian Army's Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS) ... by March 2019, as well as the supply of spare parts for a further 15 years as part of the programme to modernise Canada's fleet of logistics trucks.
Transport Topics Online
February 15, 2018
More than a year after winning a contract to handle freight shipments for the U.S. Transportation Command, Crowley Logistics has executed the first cargo move under a $2.3 billion multiyear Defense Freight Transportation Services contract. The load, which was transported by truck from the U.S.Ãâà...
Theredstonerocket
February 14, 2018
A retired two-star general known for revolutionizing how the Army Materiel Command provides global logistics has been inducted into the AMC Hall of Fame. Maj. Gen. Joseph Arbuckle was among six new members inducted to AMC's Hall of Fame by Army Materiel Command Commander Gen. Gus PernaÃâà...
