Posted by Java Joe on July 2, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US Navy needs to bust the rust. That’s the message from VADM Thomas Moore of the Naval Sea Systems Command. He says if the service plans to keep its destroyers on the water for decades, then it must get the corrosion under control.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Agent Orange, Chinese tariffs, Clamagore, corrosion, DMZ, Exercise Tri-Lightning, F-22 Raptors, Iranian nuclear accord, Kim Jong Un, Steny Hoyer, USNS Comfort, USS Jason Dunham, VADM Thomas Moore, Xi Jinping
Posted by Java Joe on July 1, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The Marine Corps’ fiscal 2020 aviation bonuses are aimed at enticing pilots to sign eight-year contracts and plug the flood of Marine aviators trading in their military wings to fly civilian skies.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags AUVSI Seafarer Chapter, Blue Angels, C-130J Super Hercules, continuing resolution, DCS Corp., drone attack, Fat Albert, Gen. David Goldfein, James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award, Louis Berger US Inc., Marine aviators, Mark Esper, Melwood, military recruiting, QSTA, Quiet supersonic technology aircraft, Strait of Hormuz, supersonic travel
Posted by Java Joe on June 27, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rebukes the Trump White House in reaction to new US sanctions. Rouhani says the hope for a diplomatic solution between the two nations has ended.
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Posted by Java Joe on June 26, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Trump says he does not need congressional approval to initiate military action in Iran. “I do like keeping them abreast, but I don’t have to do it legally.”
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Admiral Gorshkov, F-35, Hossein Khanzadi, Iran, Khanzadi, Ospreys, Poeo, Russian Navy, Strait of Hormuz, trump, war crimes
Posted by Java Joe on June 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump says he intends to nominate Mark Esper as the new defense secretary, David Norquist as the deputy defense secretary, and Ryan McCarthy as the Army secretary.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags 9/11 GI Bill education benefits, AAR, Cherokee Nation, Daniel Inouye, David Bellon, David Norquist, drone attack, General Atomics, Iran, John Bolton, Lockheed Martin, Mark Esper, Matthew Donovan, MQ-9B SkyGuardian, Nasatka Barrier Inc., Robert Friend, Ryan McCarthy, Space Development Agency, space force, Tuskegee Airman, UH-1 Iroquois, US Marine Corps Forces North
Posted by Java Joe on June 24, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Trump says he was looking forward to moving past a strike on Iran in retaliation for the downing of an unmanned US drone last week by elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags AV500 helicopter, Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, drone helicopter, F-35, Finland, houthi rebels, John E. Burdette Memorial Award, JPALS, Matthew Empfield, Model 12 Electra Junior, RQ-4A Global Hawk, Ruth Richter Holden, Textron HQ drone
Posted by Java Joe on June 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Speculation has begun on who will be the next defense secretary. Some names being floated? Mark Esper, Mike Pompeo, Tom Cotton, and Richard Spencer. Or maybe someone completely unexpected.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags ADM Karl Schultz, bionic knee brace, Edward “Eddie” Gallagher, Gen Paul Selva, MV-22B Osprey, Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, polar security cutters, Ryan McCarthy, Saudi arms deal, tanker attacks, USNS Comfort, war crimes
Posted by Java Joe on June 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Acting DefSec Patrick Shanahan’s bid to become defense secretary has been withdrawn. Reports are that he is resigning after scrutiny over a domestic fight with his wife in 2010.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Black Hornet mini-drones, Boeing P-8A, cybersecurity, early retirement, House Homeland Security Committee, ICE, Inmarsat Government Inc., Jeffrey Harley, Mark Esper, Naval War College, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Shannon Kent, Shoshana Chatfield, Turkey TF-X fighter, United Technologies
Posted by Java Joe on June 18, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The US is expected to have the largest international presence at the Paris Air Show that kicked off Monday. More than 2,400 companies from 49 countries will be exhibiting at the show.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags arms race in space, Baltops, European Union, Littoral Combat Ships, Lockheed Martin, MQ-9 Reaper, Nancy Pelosi, NASA, paris air show, plant closing, Sikorsky, South China Sea, tanker attacks, Xi Jinping
Posted by Java Joe on June 17, 2019 · Leave a Comment
The House Armed Services Committee passed a $733 billion defense policy bill.
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Category Morning Coffee · Tags Boeing 737Max, chemical weapons, Clay Mitchell, counterterrorism, defense budget, Erdogan, GalacticSky, Guy Roberts, Horn of Africa, Iran, Libya, Lockheed Martin, Michael Turello, MQ9 Reaper, Naval Research Laboratory, nuclear warheads, Resource Management Concepts, Russian S-400, SmartSat, space force, Technical Data Analysis, Turkey F-35, Vector Launch
