A Global Collaborative Network: Government Labs, Academic Institutions, and Private Sector America’s armed forces are under pressure. Nearly 20 years (and counting) invested in fighting a global war on terrorism has largely kept the United States safe from terrorist attacks, but the effort has taken a toll on the nation’s readiness for major conflicts and significantly diminished its military edge. Great power competition is back.  While... READ ARTICLE Operation Eager Anvil: Pave Low Leaders We deployed to Operation Desert Shield in August 1990. At the time, I commanded the 20th Special Operations Squadron, flying the MH-53 Pave Low helicopter, and roughly half of the squadron deployed while half of the squadron stayed home for other possible missions. The split of the squadron in this way was not a... READ ARTICLE POPULAR From Hero to Hard Hat – 3 Reasons for Veterans to Choose a Career in Construction (SPONSORED) The construction industry is facing an estimated skills shortage of 1.5 million craft professionals by 2023. Besides new jobs needed, such as for rebuilding the U.S. infrastructure, the industry is also projected to see 40% of their workforce leave as the baby boomers retire. At the time the industry needs them most, it is... READ ARTICLE USACE Continues to Progress on Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is moving ahead with its state and city partners on the Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project in Chesapeake, but ongoing real-estate acquisition challenges could have an impact on next year’s solicitation and construction schedule. The district anticipates advertising the bridge contract in January, with a construction award... READ ARTICLE POPULAR Air Force Academy Launches New Airmanship Next Program  The Air Force Academy redesigned its Airmanship program to give cadets more opportunities to experience the Air Force’s flying mission and produce the best pool of rated candidates. Launched at the start of the fall semester, Airmanship Next augments live-flight at the airfield with virtual reality training to reach cadets who may have been excluded... READ ARTICLE Operation Thursday and the 1st Air Commando Group SEAC – Southeast Asia Command – and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations may have been "the forgotten war" of World War II, but it was a strategic linchpin in the prosecution of the war for both the Allies and the Axis in the Far East. For the Japanese, possession of Burma, which it achieved... READ ARTICLE POPULAR

Special Operations

Operation Eager Anvil: Pave Low Leaders

Operation Thursday and the 1st Air Commando Group

Ntrepid Case Study: Managed Attribution for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) | (SPONSORED)

AFRL Researcher Helps WWII Veteran to Parachute into History

Medal of Honor Recipient’s Daughter Receives New Dog Tags

Naval Forces

First UK F-35 Lightning Jets Land on HMS Queen Elizabeth

Northrop Grumman Doubles Performance of AQS-24 Minehunting Sonar

NAVSEA Approves New Mobile Saturation Diving System for Sustained Operations

Interview: Rear Adm. David J. Hahn, Chief of Naval Research

September 30th is Last Day for Blue Navy Working Uniform, Rank-Insignia Cover

Aerospace

Air Force Academy Launches New Airmanship Next Program

Air Force Explore: New Call to Action for Disruptive Ideas for the Future Force

Kadena F-15s Celebrate 40 Years of Air Superiority

Naval Aviation Hits Target for Readiness, Shifts Sights to Sustainment

Raytheon Unveils Peregrine Advanced Air-to-Air Missile

Land Forces

Sikorsky Introduces RAIDER X™ NextGen Light-Attack Reconnaissance Helicopter

U.S. Army Veterinarians Practice Skills During Operation Vet Strike

Marine Corps Readies Amphibious Combat Vehicle for IOT&E

Raytheon Rheinmetall Land Systems Submits Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Bid

Army Lays Keel for New Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) Watercraft

Defense Wide

From Hero to Hard Hat – 3 Reasons for Veterans to Choose a Career in Construction (SPONSORED)

Commercial Partners Critical to DOD Global Logistics Success

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Military Engineering

USACE Continues to Progress on Deep Creek Bridge Replacement

Overhauling Oroville: The Amazing Push to Repair the Tallest Dam in the United States (SPONSORED)

L.B. Foster Plays Integral Role in Supporting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (SPONSORED)

USACE Districts Awards Seven New Contracts to Burns & McDonnell

The Shift to Wet Abrasive Blasting (SPONSORED)

Defense R&D

A Global Collaborative Network: Government Labs, Academic Institutions, and Private Sector

Wearable Health Monitoring Technology Improves Safety for Air Force SERE Instructors

Engineering Viruses to Protect Soldiers, Combat Antibiotic Resistance

Research at Hyper Speed

DARPA’s OpFires Ground-launched Hypersonic Program Reaches Major Program Milestone

Homeland Security

Updates to U.S. Coast Guard Tattoo Policy

U.S. Coast Guard Commissions Fast Response Cutter William Hart in Honolulu

Coast Guard and Salvage Team Rescue Remaining Golden Ray Crewmembers

Interview With Capt. Paul A. Flynn, USCG

Coast Guard Updates Standards for Its Body Composition Program

VA & Military Medicine

From Hero to Hard Hat – 3 Reasons for Veterans to Choose a Career in Construction (SPONSORED)

U.S. Army Veterinarians Practice Skills During Operation Vet Strike

Wearable Health Monitoring Technology Improves Safety for Air Force SERE Instructors

National Native American Veterans Memorial Breaks Ground in Washington

The Art of War: Meet the Army’s Only Official Artist, Juan Munoz