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How Fallen Service Members ', Personal Effects Are Returned to Family With Dignity & Honor
The first thing you notice when you enter the Joint Personal Effects Depot at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, is , a row of glass cases filled with watches, lighters, jewelry, out-of-date phones, and other items that are broken, cracked, or even melted. After the Pentagon attack on September 11, 2001, none have been claimed.  ,…
Bringing Our Overseas Fallen Home with Dignity and Care
A significant effort is made to return a U. S. service member home with dignity and respect after they pass away while serving abroad. Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, based at Dover Air Base Base in Delaware, oversees that effort regardless of the branch that the deceased service member served in. Many people, including military…
10 January 2024 contracts
NAVY General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, California, is awarded a not- to- exceed$ 438, 524, 107 cost- plus- fixed- fee modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract action ( N0002423C4424 ) for the maintenance, modernization, and repair of USS Chung- Hoon ( DDG 93 ) and USS James E. Williams ( DDG 95 ) fiscal…
How Applied Geometry and Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Win the Race for Renewable Energy
Zach Grey, a researcher at NIST, is designing better wind turbines using sophisticated math. R. Jacobson/NIST is credited. A wind turbine gently turning in the breeze has a wonderful simplicity to it.  , A rotating force is produced as the wind passes by the turbine’s blades, spinning the enormous assembly. The rotation is then transformed,…
Second-year Sophos India Receives Excellent Place To Work Certification
The award is based on a neutral investigation into how Sophos employees feel about their jobs. Sophos received particularly high marks on the 59 measures for treating people equally regardless of their race, caste, sexual orientation, and workplace safety. At Sophos, we place a lot of emphasis on creating an environment that benefits our partners,…
The first Patch Tuesday of 2024 takes small steps
Patch Tuesday A second month of ( relatively ) few Microsoft releases is a treat because January is n’t typically the lightest month on patch managers ‘ calendars. The business released 48 CVEs on Tuesday, 38 of which were for Windows. Eight additional product categories or tools are also impacted. Only two of the CVEs…
Contracts for January 9, 2024
ARMY Itera LLC, * New Paris, Indiana ( W912ER- 24- D- 0001 ), MVL USA Inc. , * Lansing, Michigan ( W912ER- 24- D- 0002 ), Dorce Prefabrication &, Construction, Ankara- Istanbul, Turkey ( W912ER- 24- D- 0003 ), Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. , * Virginia Beach, Virginia ( W912ER- 24- D- 0004 ), and…
Compares Submarine, Space Station Life by Sailor- Turned Astronaut
Stephen Bowen, a NASA astronaut, recognized the   smell right away as being familiar.  , He remarked that the first time he entered the International Space Station,” It has a unique odor.” It has a faint hint of everything,nbsp. The familiarity was more reminiscent of the numerous submarines he served on during his Navy career…
Contracts for January 8, 2024
NAVY For Technical Insertion 20, 22, and 24, Lockheed Martin Corp. , Syracuse, New York, receives a$ 311, 995, 464 cost-plus-incent fee modification to an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract ( N00024-19-D- 6200 ) to exercise options for design, qualification testing, and production of the submarine electronic warfare system. By February 2029, the project, which will…
Monday’s Medal of Honor: Army Spc. Fourth-grade Gary Wetzel
Imagine losing your arm and suffering other serious wounds while still prioritizing the safety of others. That is precisely what Army Spc said.  , 4th Class Gary George Wetzel destroyed his unit’s helicopter during a firefight in Vietnam. Wetzel miraculously made it through the day, and the Medal of Honor was given to him for…