Sunday, August 23, 2020

Military related links 082320


Service Chiefs to SecDef: Stop the Handover of Military Hospitals to Defense Health Agency

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/10/service-chiefs-secdef-stop-handover-of-military-hospitals-defense-health-agency.html?ESRC=army_200811.nl

 

S Air Force helicopter shot at in Virginia and forced to make emergency landing

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/08/us-air-force-helicopter-shot-at-in-virginia-and-forced-to-make-emergency-landing/?utm_source=militarymemes&utm_campaign=alt&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0knkIG0lwEsonMMftCiE2S1EBof_s1Sv5i1VLvI48Cysa4DAmUpNkMans

 

US Troops May Not Get Priority for COVID-19 Vaccine After All

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/10/us-troops-may-not-get-priority-covid-19-vaccine-after-all.html?ESRC=eb_200811.nl&fbclid=IwAR1g100rPNocSFDsZ63GYgl-svl71tfG99CSZJYzPPLy7ETA-eEm6MT8o-o

 

DoD reiterates FDA warning on using some hand sanitizers

https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/08/11/DoD-reiterates-FDA-warning-on-using-some-hand-sanitizers?utm_medium=govdelivery&utm_source=email

 

Army general donates COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma at Tripler

https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/08/11/Army-general-donates-COVID-19-Convalescent-Plasma-at-Tripler?utm_medium=govdelivery&utm_source=email

 

DoD to Assess Female Troops' Reproductive Health for First Time in Decades

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/08/dod-assess-female-troops-reproductive-health-first-time-decades.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

Navy Families Seek Compensation for Extra Time Apart During Coronavirus Pandemic

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/06/navy-families-seek-compensation-extra-time-apart-during-coronavirus-pandemic.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

Navy Cancels Fall E-4 Exams over Coronavirus Concerns

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/11/navy-cancels-fall-e-4-exams-over-coronavirus-concerns.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

WWII Hero Who Led Ragtag Group that Killed over 200 Nazis Considered for Medal of Honor

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/07/wwii-hero-who-led-ragtag-group-killed-over-200-nazis-considered-medal-of-honor.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

Suicide Prevention Bill Named for SEAL Commander Passes Senate; Fate Uncertain

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/06/suicide-prevention-bill-named-seal-commander-passes-senate-fate-uncertain.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

S.785 - Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/785

 

Survey: One-Fifth of Virginia Military Families Say They Don't Have Reliable Food Access

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/10/survey-one-fifth-of-virginia-military-families-say-they-dont-have-reliable-food-access.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Returns to Norfolk After Record-Breaking 7 Months at Sea

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/10/eisenhower-carrier-strike-group-returns-norfolk-after-record-breaking-7-months-sea.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

Historians Say American History Oversimplifies Atomic Bombings on Japan

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/05/historians-say-american-history-oversimplifies-atomic-bombings-japan.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

Special Ops Nominee Grilled over Charge His Firm May Have Trained Khashoggi's Killers

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/06/special-ops-nominee-grilled-over-charge-his-firm-may-have-trained-khashoggis-killers.html?ESRC=navy-a_200812.nl

 

C-123 Airplanes and Agent Orange Residue

https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/locations/residue-c123-aircraft/index.asp

 

Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the VA St. Louis Health Care System in Missouri

https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-06873-210.pdf

 

Pennsylvania Guard aquatic rescue team saves two motorists

https://www.army.mil/article/237954/pennsylvania_guard_aquatic_rescue_team_saves_two_motorists

 

National Guard coronavirus missions extended until 2021

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/04/national-guard-coronavirus-missions-extended-until-2021/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DEF%20EBB%208.5.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

F.E. Warren nuclear missiles to be replaced first, creating more than 1,000 jobs

https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/f-e-warren-nuclear-missiles-to-be-replaced-first-creating-more-than-1-000-jobs/article_e6beb6e0-7440-5976-b29c-c97ba19083e0.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR1kRbhjkpe-aDDoFx4TEES8MTQpvL1lJPM3T98mF8aeACh38AvURlixLeg

 

The Pentagon announces a new task force to research UFOs

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/the-pentagon-announces-a-new-task-force-to-research-ufos/#.XzfIVOC-abY.twitter

 

The Lessons We Haven't Learned: Seventy-five years after the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan, we remain perched on the precipice of unparalleled catastrophe.

https://progressive.org/magazine/the-lessons-we-havent-learned-caldicott/

 

Anguish in Human Form: Maruki Gallery keeps alive the memory of the world’s first nuclear attack.

https://progressive.org/magazine/anguish-in-human-form-junkerman/

 

Office Life at the Pentagon Is Disconcertingly Retrograde: With no connectivity and little diversity, the military's hub may soon be a threat to national security.

https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-office-life-at-the-pentagon-is-disconcertingly-retrograde/?utm_source=T%26P+Pentagon&utm_campaign=22ed70ce6b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_12_03_23_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1f9f9eafbe-22ed70ce6b-78582791&mc_cid=22ed70ce6b&mc_eid=cd21695bb9

 

US Navy’s chief learning officer announces departure as Pentagon exodus continues

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/06/26/us-navys-chief-learning-officer-announces-departure-as-pentagon-exodus-continues/?utm_source=T%26P+Pentagon&utm_campaign=22ed70ce6b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_12_03_23_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1f9f9eafbe-22ed70ce6b-78582791&mc_cid=22ed70ce6b&mc_eid=cd21695bb9

 

Trump vows US troops in Iraq will return home soon

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/20/trump-vows-us-troops-in-iraq-will-return-home-soon/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Army reservist dies of COVID-19 complications in Florida

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/08/20/army-reservist-dies-of-covid-19-complications-in-florida/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Military on Guam enters health condition ‘Charlie’ as island’s coronavirus cases surge

https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/military-on-guam-enters-health-condition-charlie-as-island-s-coronavirus-cases-surge-1.641882?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Biden vows to restore global respect, military integrity in acceptance speech

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/20/biden-vows-to-restore-leadership-respect-as-commander-in-chief-in-convention-finale/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Lawmaker Calls for Public Hearing on 'Disturbing Rise' in Deadly Military Training Accidents

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/20/lawmaker-calls-public-hearing-disturbing-rise-deadly-military-training-accidents.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Another Fort hood soldier has gone missing

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/08/20/another-fort-hood-soldier-has-gone-missing/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Public to comment on Army’s Yakima Training Center cleanup plans

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/08/20/public-to-comment-on-armys-yakima-training-center-cleanup-plans/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

US Army’s future missile defense command system nearly simultaneously defeats cruise, ballistic missile threats

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/smd/2020/08/20/armys-future-missile-defense-battle-command-system-caps-off-major-test-with-defeat-of-cruise-ballistic-missile-threats/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Delta bans purported bin Laden killer for not wearing a mask

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/08/20/delta-bans-purported-bin-laden-killer-for-not-wearing-a-mask/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Delta bans former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill after he posted a photo of himself without a mask on a flight

https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/robert-oneill-twitter-meltdown-face-masks?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Former sailor details misconduct by SEALs pulled from Iraq

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/08/21/former-sailor-details-misconduct-by-seals-pulled-from-iraq/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

GAO: Naval Shipyards Still Under-Resourced; Delays On Sub, Carrier Work Will Continue

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/20/gao-naval-shipyards-still-under-resourced-delays-on-sub-carrier-work-will-continue?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Security forces airman accused of trying to burn cop car during protests while wearing Air Force gas mask

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/08/20/security-forces-airman-accused-of-trying-to-burn-cop-car-during-protests-while-wearing-air-force-gas-mask/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Here are the Air National Guard bases that will get the F-35, F-15EX

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/08/20/here-are-the-air-national-guard-bases-that-will-get-the-f-35-f-15ex/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Travis Air Force Base orders evacuations following LNU Lightning Complex Fire

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/08/20/travis-air-force-base-orders-evacuations-following-lnu-lightening-complex-fire/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

California Fire Triggers Personnel, Aircraft Evacuations at Travis

https://www.airforcemag.com/california-fire-triggers-personnel-aircraft-evacuations-at-travis/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

New Cooling Suits Can Keep Airmen Comfortable on Hot Flight Lines

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/20/new-cooling-suits-can-keep-airmen-comfortable-hot-flight-lines.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Van Ovost Sworn in as AMC Boss, Becoming Military’s Only Female Four Star

https://www.airforcemag.com/van-ovost-sworn-in-as-amc-boss-becoming-militarys-only-female-four-star/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Marine awarded highest noncombat medal for heroic action in North Carolina traffic accident

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/08/20/marine-awarded-highest-noncombat-medal-for-heroic-action-in-north-carolina-traffic-accident/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

National Guard vehicle found abandoned on side of Interstate 80 west of Kearney

https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/national-guard-tank-found-abandoned-on-side-of-interstate-80-west-of-kearney/article_2595362e-8a08-5aa1-b8a7-0aa5d8dacd65.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

 

Money and missions: NATO should learn from Europe’s pandemic response

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/08/20/money-and-missions-nato-should-learn-from-europes-pandemic-response/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

How do we save prisoners of the cultural war within our military?

https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2020/08/21/how-do-we-save-prisoners-of-the-cultural-war-within-our-military/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

3 years after the Fitzgerald and McCain collisions, the Navy’s surface warfare community shows few signs of change

https://taskandpurpose.com/opinion/navy-surface-warfare-officers-fitzgerald-mccain-collisions?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

I’ve Been Married to the Military for 15 Years. Our Luck Just Ran Out.  The men and women of the military are essential workers, too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/opinion/coronavirus-military-deployment.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

The Logic Of ICBMs, And Why A President Biden Is Certain To Agree

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2020/08/20/the-logic-of-icbms-and-why-a-president-biden-is-certain-to-agree/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief#751c7a1b70cf

 

Joe Kittinger’s Death-Defying Leap From the Edge of Space: Over 50 years ago, Joe Kittinger rode a balloon 102,800 feet up to the edge of space. Then he jumped out.

https://www.history.com/news/joe-kittingers-death-defying-leap-from-the-edge-of-space

 

Air Force invention kills toxins on contact

https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/08/20/Air-Force-invention-kills-toxins-on-contact

 

From Shoulder Pads to Shoulder Boards, Navy MSC Officer leads the way

https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/08/21/From-Shoulder-Pads-to-Shoulder-Boards-Navy-MSC-Officer-leads-the-way?utm_medium=govdelivery&utm_source=email

 

New Travis AFB patient transport system supports COVID fight

https://health.mil/News/Articles/2020/08/21/New-Travis-AFB-patient-transport-system-supports-COVID-fight?utm_medium=govdelivery&utm_source=email

 

Lessons from the military for COVID-time leadership

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/lessons-from-the-military-for-covid-time-leadership#

 

To view the September 2020 issue of ARMY magazine, copy and paste this link into your browser:

https://info.ausa.org/e/784783/publication--i-669443/46pxy/298574718?h=H3cVFadywNRM1Pqoyn7fCaU-uz9S9uCNYgANUl87IDw

 

Coronavirus Returns to USAFA as School Year Begins

https://www.airforcemag.com/coronavirus-returns-to-usafa-as-school-year-begins/

 

US troop deployments in Iraq to be focus of White House talks this week

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/19/us-troop-deployments-in-iraq-to-be-focus-of-white-house-talks-this-week/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Army investigating soldiers’ appearance during Democratic convention over concerns of rule violations

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/19/soldiers-appearance-during-democratic-convention-raises-concerns-of-rule-violations/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

The new Air Force Chief wasn’t sure how to address George Floyd’s killing.  Then he talked to his son.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/the-new-air-force-chief-wasnt-sure-how-to-address-george-floyds-killing-then-he-talked-to-his-son/2020/08/19/f7c63e24-de3c-11ea-b4af-72895e22941d_story.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Military border deployments are legally good-to-go, IG finds

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/08/19/military-border-deployments-are-legally-good-to-go-ig-finds/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

To get more female pilots, the Air Force is changing the way it designs weapons

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2020/08/19/to-get-more-female-pilots-the-air-force-is-changing-the-way-it-designs-weapons/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

5th US Service Member Dies of COVID-19

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/19/5th-us-service-member-dies-of-covid-19.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Bypassing Pentagon Pleas, Lawmakers Say Military Health System Reforms Will 'Stay the Course'

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/19/bypassing-pentagon-pleas-lawmakers-say-military-health-system-reforms-will-stay-course.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

The death of their child, at a babysitter’s house on post, was just the beginning of this Army family’s nightmare

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2020/08/19/the-death-of-their-child-at-a-babysitters-house-on-post-was-just-the-beginning-of-this-army-familys-nightmare/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

US Air Force may have accidentally revealed interest in hypersonic nuke

https://www.defensenews.com/smr/nuclear-arsenal/2020/08/19/the-air-force-might-be-eyeing-a-hypersonic-nuclear-weapon/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Inspectors Said Her Toxic Leadership Was 'Worst Seen in 20 Years.' She Just Became a 1-Star

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/19/inspectors-said-her-toxic-leadership-was-worst-seen-20-years-she-just-became-1-star.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Towing company illegally auctioned off Marine sergeant’s car while she was deployed, DOJ alleges

https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2020/08/19/towing-company-illegally-auctioned-off-marine-sergeants-car-while-she-was-deployed-doj-alleges/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Dispute over $1 plunges Army officer into 2-year legal battle with auto dealership

https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2020/08/19/dispute-over-1-plunges-army-officer-into-2-year-legal-battle-with-auto-dealership/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Let Japan’s Companies Help: To stay ahead of China, the Pentagon should reach out to allies who have more advanced capabilities than the U.S. Japan is top of the list.

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/08/let-japans-companies-help/167820/

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