Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)
Established in October 2002, Naval Special Warfare Group-4 (NSWG-4) is tasked to organize, equip, and train Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen …
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NAVSCIATTS
One key but little-known aspect of Naval Special Warfare coalition warfare capabilities is the U.S. Naval Small Craft Instruction and …
TechWatch: Robonaut and the “Soldierbots” of the Future
The last flight of the space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station in February 2011 marked the dawn of …
C-131 Convair Airliners in Naval Service
The once familiar twin-engine Convair 240 airliner, and its many iterations up to the 580 turbo-prop version, were familiar aircraft …
The Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) and Distributed Electronic Warfare
The U.S. has lost its edge in electronic warfare. That’s the message Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent out with the …
International Special Operations Forces 2010 Year in Review
In an era when there has been unprecedented pressure on special operations forces (SOF), with more SOF deployed in a …
Military Security Issues of Social Media: Army
When a U.S. soldier was captured by insurgents in Afghanistan, the Army quickly realized his personal Facebook page contained information …
DFIRS Makes a 4,000 Mile Journey to Recovery
At approximately 1830 hours on the evening of Jan. 29, 2005, Lt. (j.g.) Jon Vanbragt and Lt. Cmdr. Markus Gudmundsson …
Nanotech-Biotech-Infotech-Cognitive
Until the 1990s, most science and technology disciplines were fairly distinct, with only occasional overlap or multi-disciplinary projects. That separation …
Riverine Well Deck Certification
Add another arrow in the naval expeditionary quiver. The Navy’s Riverine Command Boat (RCB) and Riverine Patrol Boat (RPB) have …