Marines Use AI and Autonomous Systems to Dominate Battlespace

DARPA’s Squad X Experimentation program aims to demonstrate a warfighting force with artificial intelligence as a true partner. In a recent field test, the program worked with U.S. Marines at the Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, to track progress on two complementary systems that allow infantry squads to collaborate with AI...

U.S. Marine Corps Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 36 Supports Bataan’s Mission

Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Anderson The water gate of amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) is lowered as Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 36 lines up their approach. If you are standing in the upper vehicle stowage aboard Bataan as LCAC 36 breaks the threshold of the water gate, the violent thrashing...

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Army Officer, International Crew Follow Historic Apollo Footsteps

U.S. Army Col. Andrew R. Morgan, M.D., will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, aboard a Soyuz (Union) MS-13 spacecraft July 20 at 12:28 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time for a nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station. “Twenty-five years ago I made the decision to serve my country as a military officer. I view my...

Operating USS Gerald R. Ford's Advanced Weapons Elevators

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Liz Thompson, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Public Affairs Every morning at 8 o’clock, Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Nathan Beplate and his division prepare to make 10 runs of the advanced weapons elevators (AWE). They start with upper stage weapons elevator (USWE)-1 from the 02 level to the...

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First Boeing P-8A Poseidon for United Kingdom Flies

The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon for the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF) took off from Renton, Washington at 10:00 a.m. Pacific on July 12, marking the first flight of this inaugural UK P-8A. During the 90 minute flight key testing took place before the aircraft touched down and moved to the next...

The Five-Sided Neighbor

Nestled along the southwest bank of the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia, less than 3 miles across the water from the nation’s capital, is one of the world’s most famous institutions: the Pentagon. A symbol of American power globally, the five-sided building is also a next-door neighbor to Arlington’s 225,000 residents and the nearly...

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