A new capability to broadcast a combined live, virtual and constructive, or LVC, picture using distributed models and simulations brings live training for joint terminal attack controllers closer to training like they fight.
The new capability was developed by members of the Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation in Orlando, Fla. The distributed radio frequency broadcast mode technical support was provided by engineers from the Joint Technology Center-Systems Integration Laboratory at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., and the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk. Exercise Green Flag East 11-1 was used as a test bed.
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An "energy vampire," or phantom load, is energy that continues to be drawn by appliances or accessories when they are turned off or disconnected.
The following is a list of easy steps anyone can take at work and home to kill energy vampires once and for all:
-- Use daylight instead of electric light when possible.
-- When artificial lighting is necessary, opt for compact fluorescent light bulbs. CFLs use 75 percent less energy, emit 75 percent less heat, and last 10 times longer than incandescent light bulbs. Even with all that saved energy, they should still be turned off anytime the room will be unoccupied for more than a few minutes.
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"The wars of the future will be fought in the cyber domain" sounds like a bad movie tagline from 20 years ago, but it's becoming truer by the day, and the Air Force is readying troops for that battle.
Brig. Gen. Walter D. Givhan, the commandant of the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, discussed the importance of cybersecurity and the newest class of students graduating from the AFIT Center for Cyberspace Research Oct. 27 during a "DOD Live" bloggers roundtable.
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Out on the tarmac, noise from a C-130 Hercules drowns out the sounds of morning. Its four engines are still running with no plans to stop. Five Air Force Reservists brave the hot gusts from the jet's propellers and rush toward the ramp, which they lower to the ground. The Airmen load a Humvee and a huge cargo pallet aboard the jet, then, as quickly as they packed them in, they haul them out.
An umpire stops the clock and logs their time.
This event -- known as Engines Running Off/On Load -- is just one of 11 that make up Air Force Reserve Command's inaugural Port Dawg Challenge underway here. The PDC includes tests of speed and accuracy in a variety of scenarios common to aerial porters.
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Rarely do perpetrators of domestic abuse let their behavior, or the result of their abuse, be witnessed or seen by anyone else. Unless you directly witness the abuse firsthand, there is no surefire way to tell if someone is being abused.
Abusers can be of any gender, age, race, economic status and personality type.
Victims should not necessarily be stereotyped as "passive" or as having low self-esteem.
So how do you know if someone is being abused? It is critical to know some of the covert signs of domestic violence.
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Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler spoke about Air Force efficiency initiatives Oct. 28 as part of the Military Strategy Forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies here.
"I don't think anybody in the Air Force will argue that we can't be more efficient at what we do," said General Chandler, pointing out that a focus on efficiencies is not new to the service.
Air Force Smart Operations, known as AFSO21, is a continuous improvement process Air Force leaders implemented several years ago that incorporates portions of the Lean and Six Sigma process improvement tools into an eight-step problem-solving model.
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This week's photo highlights feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
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As the U.S. Supreme Court contemplates whether protestors outside military funerals are protected under First Amendment free-speech rights, a motorcycle group that travels the country attending those funerals as a show of support and respect rides on, undeterred by the political fray.
About 200,000 members of the Patriot Guard Riders attend military funerals to honor those who died for or served their country and to support their grieving families, said Bill Richart, chairman of the group's national board of directors. They also escort the bodies of fallen servicemembers as they arrive from Dover Air Force Base, Del., for burial in their hometowns across America.
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A free smart phone mobile application that will help servicemembers, veterans and family members track their emotional health is now available, Defense Department officials announced this week.
The application was developed at the National Center for TeleHealth and Technology at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
"Our mission here ... is to leverage technology to support the behavioral health needs of servicemembers and families," said Perry Bosmajian, a psychologist with the center.
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Since World War 1, South Dakota officials have paid a bonus to residents who served on active duty during a wartime period and this tradition continues today.
The current bonus program authorizes payments of up to $500 to current or former members of the Armed Forces who were legal residents of the state for no less than six months immediately preceding their period of active duty and who meet certain criteria during one or more of the following periods:
1. Between the dates of Aug. 2, 1990, to March 3, 1991, all active duty service qualifies for payment.
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