The annual symposium draws academic, government, military and international experts, with the goal of exploring a broad range of deterrence issues and thinking during a single event.
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel James Lanari
San Diego (NNS) – December 7, 1941, began just like any other Sunday morning in scenic Oahu, Hawaii. The sun lazily rose over the horizon, delivery boys tossed newspapers on doorsteps, and the aroma of breakfast wafted from the galley. “Chow” as sailors liked to call it, was served promptly at 7 a.m. aboard the...
U.S. government leaders and experts in the areas of public-health, counter-illicit trafficking, law enforcement, and justice meet at the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) in Miami Feb. 8 to discuss the nation’s opioid epidemic. During the day-long Opioid Summit, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions joins other senior U.S. officials to examine the crisis, consider approaches...
Asia-Pacific Intelligence Chiefs Conference (APICC) a high-level conference which is part of a whole of government approach that directly supports the US government’s focus towards the Pacific. APICC is the USPACOM J2’s capstone international engagement event co-hosted by a rotating partner in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, and includes Directors of Military Intelligence (general officers and...
NATO Air Days is scheduled for Sept. 16-17, with lead-up community events and interviews scheduled for Sept. 12-14 in Ostrava Air Base, Czech Republic. The event consists of the presentation of heavy military hardware, police and rescue equipment, dynamic displays of Special Forces training, flying displays, and presentations of armaments, equipment, and gear of individual units.
The Army’s Expeditionary Technology Search or, ‘xTechSearch’ prize competition engages the Army with the small non-defense traditional business sector, spurring economic growth and driving American innovation in one of the Army’s six modernization priority lines of efforts, Long-Range Precision Fires, Next Generation Combat Vehicle, Future Vertical Lift, The Army Network, Air and...
On Nov. 14, 2023, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and 2nd Dental Battalion held a ceremony to dedicate the Naval Dental Center building in honor of Lieutenant Junior Grade (Lt. j.g.) Weedon E. Osborne.
Lt. j.g. Osborne was a dental officer attached to the 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division who died while carrying a wounded officer to safety during the Battle of Belleau Wood in...
The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's Installation & Mission Support (I&MS) Weapons and Tactics Conference (I-WEPTAC) on agile combat support core functions and addresses current and future challenges in the I&MS mission sets. The outputs will be actionable recommendations that ensure we continue to deliver agile I&MS capabilities in support of national defense and major...
