Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/05/04/initial-border-deployments-national-guard-could-cost-182m.html The deployment along the U.S.-Mexico border is expected to cost about $182M a Pentagon spokeswoman said.
Month: May 2018
Top Enlisted Sailor ‘Lays the Keel’ on Enlisted Leadership Initiative
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/05/04/top-enlisted-sailor-lays-keel-enlisted-leadership-initiative.html Certified instructors are part of a new leadership program launched by the Navy’s top enlisted sailor.
AAFES Overseas 2018-2019 School Lunch Prices to Increase
Source: https://www.military.com/spousebuzz/2018/05/03/aafes-overseas-2018-2019-school-lunch-prices-increase.html Get ready to spend $.25 more per meal.
New Air Force Acquisitions Chief Aims to Rid F-35 of Software Glitches
Source: https://www.military.com/defensetech/2018/05/01/new-air-force-acquisitions-chief-aims-rid-f-35-software-glitches.html “Almost every software-intensive program is over budget and behind schedule,? the Air Force’s new acquisition chief said.
It’s Official: Top Marine Wants 12 in an Infantry Squad
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/05/04/its-official-top-marine-wants-12-infantry-squad.html The Marine Corps is capping off 18 months of overhauling the way infantry units are trained by shaking up the rifle squad.
The Merchant of Death – Basil Zaharoff I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?
Source: http://youtu.be/VO-IoR0PI8k http://youtu.be/VO-IoR0PI8k
For arms dealers like Basil Zaharoff, the late 19th and early 20th century was a time of never ending business opportunities, the great European powers …
Bipartisan Veterans Backlash Against GOP Senate Candidate
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/05/04/bipartisan-veterans-backlash-against-gop-senate-candidate.html A Republican U.S. Senate candidate refused to apologize amid bipartisan backlash over comments he made about the military.
Man Sentenced to 27 Years for Crashing into NSA Gate
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/05/03/man-sentenced-27-years-crashing-nsa-gate.html A man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for a carjacking that ended with him plowing into a gate at Fort Meade.
Coast Guard Delivers 13 Tons of Seized Drugs to Port Everglades
Source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/04/25/coast-guard-delivers-13-tons-seized-drugs-port-everglades.html The Coast Guard Cutter Legare delivered 12 tons of cocaine and one ton of marijuana to Port Everglades Tuesday.
US Complains After Chinese Lasers Injure 2 Air Force Pilots in Africa
Source: https://www.military.com/defensetech/2018/05/03/us-complains-after-chinese-lasers-injure-2-air-force-pilots-africa.html The U.S. charged that China aimed laser beams at U.S. pilots in Djibouti.