Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 05.23.2013
Air intelligence did not begin with the Wright Brothers. It initially became possible because of the Montgolfier brothers’ first manned balloon flight on 21 November 1783. Count Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d’Arlandes ascended up to 3,000 feet in a hot air balloon and traveled for five miles (see model above you). Eleven years later, the French first used the balloon in combat. The Battle......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 05.23.2013
The National Museum of the United States Air Force began in 1923, not as a tourist attraction, but as an educational tool for Army engineers to study aeronautical engineering techniques from around the world. In the ensuing years, the museum also served as a place to study the application of air power, ballistic missiles and the contributions the Air Force made to the space race. Since 1996,......
Audio by Staff Sgt. Jose Ibarra | 2d Cavalry Regiment | 05.23.2013
Category: C-audio News Report Title: Week of the Dragoons Primary Contributor: SSG Jose Ibarra Target Audience: Service Members, DOD Civilians and their Families Total Run Time: 01:52 Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Competition...
Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Muir and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.23.2013
This week Deck Watch speaks with Coast Guard Fire and Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Bill St. Clair about the department's recent FAA aircraft pit fire training in Kodiak, Alaska, May 23, 2013. Deck Watch is a weekly five-to-seven minute radio program covering Coast Guard news and operations throughout Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard audio by 17th District Public Affairs....
Audio by Sgt. Ashland Ferguson | 7th Infantry Division | 05.23.2013
Audio of MG Stephen Lanza, 7th Infantry Division, Commanding General at Bayonet Week Award Ceremony. Interviews with Bayonet Soldier of the Year, PFC Nathaniel Kirkpatrick, 3-2 SBCT and NCO of the Year, SGT Nicholas Bogert, 2-2 SBCT....
Audio by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard District 17 | 05.23.2013
Deck Watch speaks with Lt. Cmdr. Michele Schallip, commanding officer, Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, and Tami Beduhn, from NOAA and a chief survey technician aboard the NOAA ship Fairweather, about SPAR's recent aids to navigation mission and the hydrographic surveys conducted during the trip while aboard SPAR in Kodiak, Alaska, May 23, 2013. Deck Watch is a weekly five-to-seven minute radio......
Audio by Staff Sgt. Xaime Hernandez | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 05.23.2013
Soldiers in Afghanistan advise an Afghan commander on building a command outpost, Army chaplain visits, checks on the welfare of soldiers helping with clean up efforts in Moore, Okla....
Audio by Terry Turner | Defense.gov | 05.23.2013
2013 - Hundreds of military family members had homes damaged or destroyed in the Oklahoma tornado, chaplains minister to tornado victims and Gen Philip Breedlove makes his first trip to Afghanistan as NATO Supreme Allied Commander....