Orlando, FL – Bohemia Interactive Simulations, a global developer of game-based simulation software solutions, recently was awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract to create new 3D model content and simulation training capabilities in VBS3 for the Swedish Armed Forces. As part of the contract, BISim will create a training application for Sweden’s RBS17 Hellfire Shore […]
Secretary Carter voices concerns over US military readiness after 13 years of uninterrupted war
On May 6, 2015 Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, addressed the Senate Appropriations Committee-Defense (Budget Request) on the needs of the US military. Among Secretary Carter’s concerns were combat readiness. Combat readiness is a condition of the armed forces and their constituent units and formations, warships, aircraft, weapon systems or other military technology and equipment […]
“Readiness remains at troubling levels across the force”, warns Carter
On March 4, 2015 Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter gave testimony at a House Appropriations Committee which discussed aspects of the US Defense Department readiness for war: “DoD must rebuild and recover after more than 13 years of uninterrupted war. But our effort to do so has been frustrated by two variables, both of which […]
Sequester rears its ugly head again
On April 16, 2014 the Department of Defense released a report that documents the damaging cuts to military forces, modernization, and readiness that will be required if defense budgets are held at sequester-levels in the years beyond fiscal 2015. This report fulfills a commitment made by Secretary Hagel to provide details on the effects of […]
Not Just for Safe Fun in the Sun: Daily Sunscreen Use Slows Down Skin Aging
The latest hot anti-aging product is neither an expensive cream nor a non-invasive procedure. It’s sunscreen. That’s right – the same sunscreen you can buy in your local grocery store or Target. Recent research from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia suggests daily sunscreen use delays the signs of aging. Nine hundred and three […]
Depression — There is a Way Out
Ziggy is lucky. He may walk through the cartoon pages with a black cloud hanging over his head, but he can escape from the cloud with the simple stroke of a cartoonist’s pen. Others aren’t as fortunate. The great Russian writer Dostoevski struggled with the cloud. So did Abraham Lincoln. Even astronaut Buzz Aldrin descended […]