Tag Archives: Department of Defense

Australian marines sleep alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) before training evolutions with Kingdom of Tonga, Indonesian, and U.S. Marines and Canadian soldiers. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Crosby/Released)

Armed with Sleep: The Importance of Sleep on Warfighter Performance

Posted on March 20, 2016 by challer

Scientists at the Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Sleep and Fatigue Research Laboratory are studying the sleep concerns warfighters face.
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Garrett Morgan: An American Inventor

Posted on February 24, 2016 by challer

Garrett A. Morgan Sr., also known as Big Chief Mason, was an African-American inventor credited with the design of the world’s first gas mask, or more accurately called the “safety hood.”
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Awarded the prestigious Department of Defense Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter award for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015, Dr. Bradley Ringeisen, head of the Bioenergy and Biofabrication Section at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, is an internationally recognized leader and pioneer of live cell and organ printing. Ringeisen is bestowed this distinguished award for his accomplishments in the development and expansion of the applications of three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting using the Navy’s patented biological laser printer, or BioLP. (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Jamie Hartman)

NRL Scientist Honored as DoD’s ‘Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter’

Posted on January 15, 2016 by glenn.selby

Dr. Bradley Ringeisen, of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), is awarded the prestigious Laboratory Scientist of the Quarter award for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015.
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A new technique for growing graphene, called nanoCVD involves growing graphene in an industrial cold wall Chemical Vapor Deposition system. This breakthrough in graphene technology could have many applications for warfighter technologies.

Breakthrough with New Technique for Graphene Production

Posted on September 23, 2015 by glenn.selby

Researchers from the University of Exeter discovered a new method for producing graphene that is less expensive and easier than previous methods.
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Military’s Shift Toward Renewable Energy

Posted on August 12, 2015 by glenn.selby

As the largest consumer of energy in the U.S., the DoD has requisitioned the deployment of renewable energy to power military facilities by 2025.
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DoD Joins Forces to Invest in STEM Education

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Yolanda R. Arrington

The DoD is making an investment to ensure military children have access to STEM education with the expansion of a college readiness program.
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