DVIDS Spotlight

A 60 Year old Battlefield Airman laces up his boots for the last time at the end of his 41 year career. A1C Mychal Fox has the story.

Fresh and tasty food, that is the goal of the DLA Troop Support Subsistence team. Watch this Logistics On Location to see how one of DLA's customer reps brings a smile to his customers by providing them with the tastiest food possible. For more information visit https://www.troopsupport.dla.mil/subs/

The 2nd Brigade Combat Team (the "Falcon Brigade"), 82nd Airborne Division served

as the nation's Global Response Force from 14 October 2014 until 14 December 2015.

The GRF is capable of putting a battalion task force on ground anywhere in the world

within 18 hours notice and and entire brigade, along with enabling units and attachments, within 96 hours notice. This video highlights the training and readiness aspects the unit maintains, specific exercises throughout the 14 months, enabler assets, joint partnerships, capability training advancements, and the support and adaptability of family member of paratroopers within the brigade.

Service members participate in various construction and physical competitions during the annual Seabee Olympics at Quick Field on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The events are organized to build unit cohesion and camaraderie among the different construction battalions in Hawaii.

Sailors assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam express their thoughts and feelings about Veterans Day. Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918 (U.S. Navy video by Petty Officer 1st Class Meranda Keller/Released)

Just in time for those whose New Year’s resolution is to be more fit and watch what they eat, commissaries worldwide will debut their new nutrition guide program in January.

Current U.S. integrated air and missile defense capabilities are not keeping pace with the rapidly evolving unmanned aerial systems threat and require both materiel and non-materiel solutions to mitigate warfighter capability gaps.

BLACK DART is an annual field demonstration of current and emergent Counter-UAS technologies sponsored by the Joint Staff J8 Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization also known as JIAMDO.

As the Black Dart 2016 lead assessment organization, the Joint Staff J6 Joint Deployable Analysis Team, also known as JDAT, collected data to answer two main questions:

1- Can current fielded systems counter UAS threats?

2- And, what is the capability or potential of non-Program of Record systems to enhance counter UAS operations?

The live-fly, live-fire demonstration took place in late 2016 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida and the surrounding land and sea ranges with over 900 personnel in attendance including participants from Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. BLACK DART demonstrations began in 2010 and are the only Joint and partner nation Department of Defense counter UAS events.

The JDAT Black Dart Report will include detailed findings on systems’ abilities to detect, track, identify, and negate unmanned aircraft systems to support Joint and Combined warfighter capabilities and make our forces more connected, survivable, and lethal on the battlefield.

a. Execute live-fly, live-fire C-UAS technology demonstrations to assess and validate existing and emerging IAMD capabilities.

b. Present emerging solutions to inform requirements decision making.

c. Identify and develop IAMD operational concepts, system interoperability, and operational architectures for the C-UAS mission set.

d. Advocate for warfighters’ desired C-UAS capabilities and affordable, integrated solutions.

e. Identify C-UAS capability gaps for IAMD.

f. Identify promising materiel and non-materiel solutions for C-UAS operations.

g. Investigate new methods for UAS Combat Identification (CID).

h. Improve completeness of the shared air picture with respect to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs).

i. Develop C-UAS non-kinetic negation methods and techniques.

j. Promote and integrate interagency participation and capabilities.

k. Promote foreign/partner nation observer participation and coordination.

The demonstration will include Program of Record (POR) as well as non-POR C-UASs demonstrating capabilities and/or collecting data in support of proprietary C-UAS development. Onsite data collection supports real-time feedback, opportunities for participant feedback, and becomes the basis for formal analysis at the conclusion of the demonstration.

In order to align with warfighter needs, JIAMDO coordinated with the Combatant Commands and Services to prioritize capability gaps related to C-UAS.

Colonel John L. Rafferty, who relinquished the brigade to Colonel Joseph Roller, June 8, gave inspiring words to the troops following his final brigade run as the 18th Field Artillery Brigade commander, June 2 at the "Viper Pit."

Gary Russ, a emergency operations manager with the Jacksonville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working at the USACE Recovery Center, in Tampa, for the FEMA Blue Roof mission in support of Operation Florida Strong following Hurricane Irma devastating landfall. He is also a Kansas City Chiefs fan.

B-roll stringer of United States Service Members from Active Duty, Reserve and Guard components from across the nation working alongside El Salvadoran military personnel at Beyond the Horizon 2018 - El Salvador. This b-roll footage shows members of the Illinois Army Reserve's 330th Medical Brigade, Utah's 328th Combat Support Hospital and 172nd Multifunctional Medical Battalion and Wisconsin's 452nd CSH performing Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETEs - pronounced Med-Rets) in the municipality of Zacatecoluca (pronounced Za-kah-te-co-lou-kah) from June 25-29. During the MEDRETEs, services provided to the citizens of El Salvador include; optometry, dental, pediatric, women's health and pharmaceutical care.

In addition to medics from the U.S. Armed Forces, El Salvador's Ministry of Health and local host nation organizations like Operation Blessing, provide additional medical staff all playing an important role in reaching a total of almost 1,000 patients per day. This year's BTH2018 - El Salvador, has treated more than 10,500 patients to date. BTH2018 incorporates nearly 1,800 U.S. service members with participation from all branches of service, Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines in addition to approximately 200 host nation troops plus government and non-governmental organizations. Service members provide medical assistance and engineering projects as part of the humanitarian/training exercise. BTH2018 - El Salvador construction projects include building two schools from-the-ground-up plus extensions to two existing schools and to the Zacatecoluca Health Clinic in the town of La Paz.

BTH is an annual U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) mission, being led this year by the Puerto Rico National Guard's Joint Task Force Hope. BTH2018 - El Salvador, has been running since May 12, and is expected to conclude on August 4. (U.S. National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Angel Martinez)