9 SAN DIEGO – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest Energy Team was selected Dec. 8 for the 2020 Federal Energy and Water Management Award by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP).
“I am pleased to announce that your team has been selected to receive a 2020 Federal Energy and Water Management Award by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP),” said Leslie Nicholls, DOE FEMP director in an email to the award winners. “This distinguished honor recognizes outstanding contributions in energy and water efficiency, resilience, and technology achievements; distributed energy; cyber security; and fleet management from within the federal government.
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Top Stories 2020: Marine Corps Operations
December 23, 2020 11:14 AM
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Austin McBain, a fire support specialist with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Information Group, monitors a radio during exercise Summer Fury 20 in Yuma, Ariz., on July 14, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo
This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the top naval news from 2020.
2020 was a turning-point year for the Marine Corps. After previewing changes to come in his Commandant’s Planning Guidance released last year, Commandant Gen. David Berger released a Force Design 2030 document this year outlining major changes in how the service would operate and equip itself. No longer would the Marine Corps be a service schlepping around tanks for sustained ground operations; rather, it would be light and mobile, using small ships to maneuver around islands and shorelines to attack an adversary from all angles and challenge their abi
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Marine Infantry Training Shifts From ‘Automaton’ to Thinkers, as School Adds Chess to the Curriculum
December 15, 2020 3:59 PM
Infantry Training Battalion instructors play chess in their instructor ready room at School of Infantry-West at Camp Pendleton, Calif. US Marine Corps photo.
The Marine Corps is about to revolutionize infantry training, more than doubling the length of initial training for enlisted infantry Marines and weighing consolidation of its core grunt specialties into a single, all-around infantry warfighter.
The transition – which aims to build Marines adept in ground weaponry that can tackle the higher-end threats they will face on the dispersed battlefields of the future – will focus as much on brains as brawn.
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Dec 13, 2020
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Marine Corps Cpl. Tyrell Bluto and military working dog Nero prepare to fast-rope out of a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a ground interoperability course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 28, 2020.
Often overlooked as simple canine companions, Military Working Dogs are a crucial component in our arsenal, especially in the age of asymmetric warfare, global terror, and counter-drug operations. And, just like the soldier-handlers they work with, Military Working Dogs are diverse. From differences in characteristics and physicality linked to their breed to the type of training they receive (and even their personalities), a Military Working Dog is not a one-size-fits-all servicemember.