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Government will give 280,000 laptops to teachers in the country, President Akufo-Addo has announced. ldquo;I rsquo;m happy to announce that the government is facilitating the acquisition of 280,000 laptops for members of Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) this year rdquo;, the President told parliament on Tuesday, 9 March 2021, when he delivered his first State of the Nati

Staten Island Ferry a promising sign

Step into a DFAC (Dining Facility or cafeteria) on an Army post and you may overhear a soldier talk about the FOB (Forward Operating Base) they were at during their last deployment and whether the air conditioner worked in their CHU (Containerized Housing Unit or trailer.)  And now there’s this tongue twister: CNIDODCCSAAPWSVCSA. It refers to the just-formed “Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorates the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who...

Goverdhan Raju takes over as Naval Officer-In-charge for AP Visakhapatnam, Feb 26 (UNI) Commodore M Goverdhan Raju, NM took over as Naval Officer-in-Charge for Andhra Pradesh from Commodore Sanjiv Issar at an impressive ceremonial parade held in the Naval Base here on Friday. Cmde Raju, who is an alumnus of Sainik School ( Korukonka) and National Defence Academy (Khadakvasla), was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Jul 1, 1989 and is a specialist in Navigation and Direction, a Defence releas...

Commodore Mahadevu Goverdhan Raju, NM took over as Naval Officer-in-Charge (Andhra Pradesh) from Commodore Sanjiv Issar on Friday. A ceremonial parade was held in the Naval Base at Visakhapatnam.Cmde Raju is an alumnus of Sainik School, ...

Can Robotic Dogs Help Secure America’s Military Bases? Tyndall is one of the first places where the robots will be on patrol and, as anticipated, they are radio-networked to humans to provide real-time security updates. Heres What You Need to Remember: Finally, it certainly seems within the realm for AI-enabled robots to be armed as guarding “sentries” able to prevent or stop attacks against U.S. bases, installations and facilities. While Pentagon doctrine ensures that humans make de...

5 “The fundamental tenet of every Soldier, Department of the Army Civilian, or Army unit is to ‘Meet our obligation to the Nation and to each other by completing our assigned mission’”, as stated in the command philosophy of the Afghanistan District. Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Paul D. Sipe, Deputy Commanding Officer from June 2020 through February 2021, has done just that managing a $600M Program, earning him the coveted Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal on February 2 a...

The incident happened on Monday night when Igboho stormed the troubled area in Yewaland. However, the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday told newsmen in Abeokuta that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime. Oyeyemi also disclosed that there have been attacks in the past three days on herdsmen settlements in Yewaland. According to him, the settlements affected have been in existence in the area for many years, in some cases for over 20 years, and inhabi...

People who spoke to Daily Trust said it would require political will and active support of various stakeholders nationwide, devoid of mutual suspicion, ethnic and religious profiling, to surmount the daunting security breaches in almost all the geopolitical zones of the country.   South-West Kidnapping, banditry, communal unrests, farmers/herders clashes and cultism are becoming a norm in the South-Western part of Nigeria. In fact, the six states in the region are witnessing a surge in such c...

Engine Failure, Aircrew Error Led to Fatal E-11A Crash in Afghanistan, Air Force Says An E-11A outfitted with a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node sits on the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 16, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Kaylee Dubois) 21 Jan 2021 As an Air Force E-11A battlefield communications aircraft conducted missions over Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 27, 2020, a fan blade broke inside the left engine. Efforts to address the problem led to a series o...