May 31st, 2012 at 7:09PM
Third Way: Fuel Costs Squeeze Defense Budget

thirdwaythinktank:

The Department of Defense is the largest consumer of liquid fuels in the world, and as this digest makes plain, its fuel costs are rising at an alarming rate.

Fuel efficiency is a national security priority. Without it, DOD will spend an ever-increasing percentage of its budget on fuel at the…
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May 30th, 2012 at 9:45PM
dodlive: SP4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr. distinguished himself May 10, 1970, in Se San, Cambodia, while serving as a rifleman in Company B, 3d Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. Members of B. Co. were ambushed by a large enemy force. While conducting a reconnaissance patrol, 22-year-old Sabo, charged an enemy position, killing several enemy soldiers.  Immediately thereafter, he assaulted an enemy flanking force, successfully drawing their fire away from friendly soldiers and ultimately forcing the enemy to retreat. When a grenade landed nearby a wounded comrade, Sabo picked up the grenade threw it away while shielding his buddy with his own body, thus absorbing the brunt of the blast and saving the man’s life. Seriously wounded by the blast, Sabo, nonetheless, retained the initiative and single- handedly charged an enemy bunker that had inflicted severe damage on the platoon.  He received several serious wounds from withering automatic weapons fire in the process. Despite being mortally injured, he crawled towards the enemy emplacement and, when in position, threw a grenade into the bunker.  The resulting explosion silenced the enemy fire, but also ended Sabo’s life. Learn more about Sabo’s story by going to www.army.mil 

dodlive:

SP4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr. distinguished himself May 10, 1970, in Se San, Cambodia, while serving as a rifleman in Company B, 3d Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.

Members of B. Co. were ambushed by a large enemy force. While conducting a reconnaissance patrol, 22-year-old Sabo, charged an enemy position, killing several enemy soldiers.  Immediately thereafter, he assaulted an enemy flanking force, successfully drawing their fire away from friendly soldiers and ultimately forcing the enemy to retreat.

When a grenade landed nearby a wounded comrade, Sabo picked up the grenade threw it away while shielding his buddy with his own body, thus absorbing the brunt of the blast and saving the man’s life.

Seriously wounded by the blast, Sabo, nonetheless, retained the initiative and single- handedly charged an enemy bunker that had inflicted severe damage on the platoon.  He received several serious wounds from withering automatic weapons fire in the process. Despite being mortally injured, he crawled towards the enemy emplacement and, when in position, threw a grenade into the bunker.  The resulting explosion silenced the enemy fire, but also ended Sabo’s life.

Learn more about Sabo’s story by going to www.army.mil 

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May 28th, 2012 at 10:56AM
On Memorial Day, Remembering 15-Year-Old Marine PFC Dan Bullock - The Daily Beast
May 23rd, 2012 at 9:11PM
In First, Navy Will Put 4G Network on Ships

infoneer-pulse:

Bandwidth on Navy ships is a scarce, expensive commodity. For sailors using non-essential systems, like recreational computers? Dial-up speeds — if they’re lucky. But by the end of the year, for the first time, the Navy will put a 4G LTE wireless network aboard some of its ships, giving a whole new communications tool to sailors and Marines: their smartphones.

By the end of 2012, the Navy confirms, three ships will receive a brand-new microwave-based wireless wide area network (WWAN): the amphibious assault ship U.S.S. Kearsarge, the amphibious transport dock U.S.S. San Antonio and the dock landing ship U.S.S. Whidbey Island. The ships’ communications systems won’t operate on the network — their connectivity will continue to come from satellites. Instead, Android smartphones operated by individual sailors would run on the network, something currently impossible out at sea.

» via Wired
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May 20th, 2012 at 8:16PM
cvn70blogspot: Information Systems Technician Seaman (SW/AW) Dee Xiong, assigned to the Combat Systems Department’s CS-3 Division, poses for a portrait in an internal network server space aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on their way home from a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3nd Class Timothy A. Hazel/Released)

cvn70blogspot:

Information Systems Technician Seaman (SW/AW) Dee Xiong, assigned to the Combat Systems Department’s CS-3 Division, poses for a portrait in an internal network server space aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are on their way home from a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3nd Class Timothy A. Hazel/Released)

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May 19th, 2012 at 2:12PM
[Iran’s] continuing violation of international rules and norms and inability thus far to convince the world community that it is not pursuing the weaponization of nuclear power is of grave concern to all of us. We’re hopeful we can resolve this issue in a peaceful fashion with respect to Iran that recognizes their sovereignty but also recognizes their responsibilities. — President Obama • Speaking on Iran’s nuclear program, which many in the international community believe  to be attempting weapons production. The timeline for such a weapon, if Iran is actually or would actually pursue it, is yet two years from completion, as we’ve touched on before. The remarks were made at the G-8 summit (the “Group of Eight,” for the uninitiated) at the Camp David presidential retreat, and were made while Obama stood beside British Prime Minister David Cameron and newly-minted President of France, Francois Hollande. The short-term takeaway from this? Continued economic sanctions, and more tension leading up to next week’s meeting with Iranian officials at a world leader summit in Baghdad. source (via • follow)
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May 18th, 2012 at 3:25PM
How will Nato exit from Afghanistan? - BBC
May 15th, 2012 at 9:59PM
dodlive: Royal Canadian Mounted Police assigned to a Marine Security Emergency Response Team debark from the HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) to conduct boarding operations during Exercise Frontier Sentinel 2012 May 8, 2012 at sea off Sydney, Nova Scotia. Exercise Frontier Sentinel is a combined interagency exercise involving Joint Task Force Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command. The exercise is designed to continue to develop and validate the existing plans, treaties and standard operation procedures for a bilateral response to maritime homeland defense and security threats. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte / Released) (DVIDS)

dodlive:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police assigned to a Marine Security Emergency Response Team debark from the HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) to conduct boarding operations during Exercise Frontier Sentinel 2012 May 8, 2012 at sea off Sydney, Nova Scotia. Exercise Frontier Sentinel is a combined interagency exercise involving Joint Task Force Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command. The exercise is designed to continue to develop and validate the existing plans, treaties and standard operation procedures for a bilateral response to maritime homeland defense and security threats.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte / Released) (DVIDS)

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May 12th, 2012 at 9:35PM
U.S. Seeks Global Spec Ops Network | Defense News | defensenews.com
May 11th, 2012 at 10:52PM
dodlive: U.S. Marine Cpl. Kleber Villalva, a section leader with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, cooks tuna with his makeshift kitchen during an overnight mobile post here, April 26, 2012. Villalva, a 22-year-old Houston native currently serving his third combat deployment, has been committed to a Meal Ready-to-Eat free diet since arriving in southern Helmand in October 2011. He substitutes tuna, chicken, cereal and other food items he’s received in care packages from his family and his wife, Lauren, for the pre-packaged contents of MREs.  (Photo by Marine Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez)

dodlive:

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kleber Villalva, a section leader with Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, cooks tuna with his makeshift kitchen during an overnight mobile post here, April 26, 2012.

Villalva, a 22-year-old Houston native currently serving his third combat deployment, has been committed to a Meal Ready-to-Eat free diet since arriving in southern Helmand in October 2011. He substitutes tuna, chicken, cereal and other food items he’s received in care packages from his family and his wife, Lauren, for the pre-packaged contents of MREs. 

(Photo by Marine Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez)

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