Defense News

• New Navy call center tries to create quick personnel fixes for sailors

  The Navy opens a new call center to help sailors worldwide with personnel issues.

  DoD Personnel Notebook
  October 15, 2018
• Army testing new malaria drug for deployed troops

  A new drug developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, called Tafenoquine, has the potential to eradicate malaria. It recently received approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

  Federal Drive
  October 15, 2018
• Army sergeant major relays comments from service’s families

  The Army is in charge of about a million soldiers and those troops have concerns, ideas and comments for their leaders.

  Federal Drive
  October 15, 2018
• VA appoints new permanent director for DC medical center

  In today’s Federal Newscast, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie appointed a new permanent director for the DC medical center.

  Federal Newscast
  October 15, 2018
• Soldier launches a remote-controlled drone

  Photos of the amazing, moving, important and amusing things happening in the defense community.

  Defense
  October 15, 2018
• Tyndall Air Force Base residents are without homes after hurricane and may be for a while

  The National Guard chief says the Tyndall Air Force Base is 100 percent uninhabitable.

  Air Force
  October 12, 2018
• Navy grapples with role of AI, other emerging tech

  Much like every other agency in the federal government, the Navy is experimenting with how to implement the latest technological advancements to their mission.

  Navy
  October 12, 2018
• Florida Air Force base severely damaged by Hurricane Michael

  In today’s Federal Newscast, base officials are the describing the damage at Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle as “catastrophic.”

  Federal Newscast
  October 12, 2018
• DoD’s CBRN task force aims for low footprint, high impact

  Joint Task Force Civil Support is one of the smallest organizations in the military’s force structure, which may be its most important attribute.

  Defense News
  October 12, 2018