MQ-25 Stingray Arrives for Carrier Trials
The US Navy’s new MQ-25 Stingray carrier-based tanker drone demonstrator is now aboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier for the first time to begin deck-handling trials.
Navy Football Uniforms Pay Homage to Super Hornet
Naval aviation is the inspiration for this year’s US Naval Academy’s uniforms for the December 11 Army/Navy football game. Navy went with a F/A 18 Super Hornet-themed uniform.
Leaked Video Shows F35 Dropping Off Carrier Ramp
Video shows the F35B dropping off the front of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and the pilot ejecting from the Nov. 17, 2021 crash in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The aircraft achieved neither lift nor thrust.
Navy Opens Pier to Help Shipping Delays
With Southern California seaports overburdened by commercial ships and supply-driven shipping delays, the Navy will open allow cargo-carrying vessels to use a military wharf at Port Hueneme, the only port between San Francisco and Los Angeles able to handle the commercial vessels.
DoD Creates New UFO Task Force
The Defense Department will streamline the collection and analysis of UFO reports, following the government’s acknowledgment that these reports are worth studying and might pose a threat to national security.
Report: Presidential Helicopter ‘Unreliable’ in Emergencies
A Pentagon report says the new presidential helicopter is unreliable in emergency situations and not “operationally suitable.”
$15/Hr. Wage Hits Contractors Jan. 30
The new wage rule establishes a $15-an-hour minimum wage for federal contractors beginning Jan. 30, 2022. The new rule removes the “sub-minimum wage” that had been allowed for some contractor employees with disabilities and aims to eliminate the sub-minimum classification for tipped employees by 2024.
Supply Chain Woes Won’t Stop Holiday Dinners for Troops
Global supply chain problems won’t stop troops from a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Nearly 400,000 pounds of turkey and trimmings are making their way to troops stationed all over the globe.
DoD Flunks Audit Again
This was the fourth time the Pentagon completed an audit since it became a requirement in 1990.
COVID Spreads in St. Mary’s Schools
St. Mary’s County’s public middle schools and high schools are reporting some of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks since the pandemic began. Less than 10% of the state’s 1,449 schools have reported outbreaks, and they are of 10 or fewer students. St. Mary’s four public middle schools plus Leonardtown and Great Mills high schools total more than 400 cases.
