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Partnered Operations in SOF Acquisition SPECIAL OPERATIONS 4/30/2021 Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barry Loo It’s a simple enough principle — we are better when we work together with a diverse set of partners to provide the capabilities required to enable Special Operations Forces. SOF acquisition strives to mirror the competencies of the operators we support. While they excel at partnering in the operational domain, we need to excel at partnering in the...

Marines Fire Anti-Ship Missile from Back of Unmanned Truck to Hit Target at Sea The Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System can launch naval strike missiles from the back of a modified Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to destroy targets on land or at sea. (U.S. Navy) 29 Apr 2021 Marines scored a direct hit in a first-ever live-fire test in which they launched a Navy missile from the back of an unmanned tactical vehicle to strike a surface target at sea. The Marine Corps has combined two ...

Prestigious awards go to U.S. Navy Aerospace Experimental Psychologists attached to NAMRU-Dayton Photo By Megan Mudersbach | U.S. Navy Aerospace Experimental Psychologists assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit...... read moreread more Photo By Megan Mudersbach | U.S. Navy Aerospace Experimental Psychologists assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton (NAMRU-Dayton) prepare for a test profile ...

The Air Force Is Testing Ways to Use the MQ-9 Drone in Island-Hopping Missions Senior Airman Laura Riggs, 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron assistant dedicated crew chief, marshals a MQ-9 Reaper to park during Exercise Agile Reaper, April 16, 2021, on Point Mugu Naval Air Station, California. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Kristin Weathersby) 28 Apr 2021 The U.S. Air Forces principal hunter-killer drone, used for counterterrorism operations for more than a decade, is expanding its sea legs. The...

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday released a $98.6 billion executive budget proposal for the 2022 fiscal year, relying on new federal funds to massively increase spending aimed at spurring the city’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The mayor’s “recovery budget” invests deeply in New Yorkers, he said at his budget presentation from City Hall, with resources going towards fair student funding, summer youth programs, early childhood education, job creation, gun violence prevention, me...

FORT BRAGG — Construction is now underway for the final building that is part of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School campus on Fort Bragg.   The dirt turned April 16 for the center’s 90,000-square-foot Human Performance Force Generation facility, which is expected to be completed in 2023.   The facility, located on a block bordered by Ardennes Street and Gruber, Reilly and Zabitosky roads, is part of the $156.7 million construction of four buildings that past...

Rules-Based Interplanetary Order: US Space Command Takes Conflict with China and Russia to the Heavens General James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 21 and laid out the purpose, progress and plans of the Pentagon’s latest unified combatant command. SPACECOM in its current avatar was established slightly more than a year and a half ago. Its mission statement begins with: “United States Space Command (USSPACE...

The first five agencies are expected to move to DODNet by the end of fiscal 2021. Along the way, IT personnel at those agencies will become DISA employees as part of efforts to make DISA the single service provider for DOD’s administrative support agencies. Strengthening telework security In its refreshed three-year strategy, DISA stresses cyber defense, cloud and enterprise services. Initiatives also include expanding the availability of secure telework options — such as the Cloud-Based In...

Bundeswehr will continue to support Mali FAQs on MINUSMA and EUTM Mali Bundeswehr will continue to support Mali Bundeswehr troops will continue to be part of the peace missions of the United Nations and the European Union in Mali. The Cabinet has decided to extend the mandates until 31 May 2022. This decision must still be approved by the German Bundestag. Here is a roundup of important FAQs relating to the missions. Photo: Bundeswehr/Guido Ritter What are the goals of EUTM Mali and MINUSMA?...

New York [UN], April 6 (ANI): India on Tuesday expressed concern over the upsurge of violence in Mali and stressed on having a comprehensive approach to address the security challenges arising out of the asymmetric attacks in the region.