STEM Surge: 2023 Naval Horizons Contest Sees Greatest Number of Winners Yet

The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest. The organizer — the Department of the Navy's (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office, which is located at the Office of Naval Research — is excited about the growth of the contest since its premiere several years ago.

In the 2023 Naval Horizons, 827 students were awarded a $200 cash prize each, the contest’s largest winner pool yet.


http://dlvr.it/Sx5hCb

U.S. Army helicopter unit conducts rescue near Colchuck Lake

Soldiers assigned to the United States Army Air Ambulance Detachment- Yakima (USAAAD), 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade performed an aeromedical evacuation of a civilian near Colchuck Lake, Wash. on Oct. 4, 2023.


http://dlvr.it/Sx5M3G

Hand Grenade Fragments Were Found in the Bodies of Victims in Prigozhin's Plane Crash, Putin Claims

Russian President Vladimir Putin says hand grenade fragments have been found in the bodies of people who died in an August crash of a plane carrying Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.


http://dlvr.it/Sx44Ts

Fort Leonard Wood community turns out for Fire Fest

 

FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO, UNITED STATES

09.30.2023

Photo by Brian Hill 

Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office  

Children play in a bounce house Saturday in the Exchange parking lot during Fire Fest. The annual celebration – held each year around Fire Prevention Week, provides an opportunity for area firefighters to discuss fire safety with the local community in a fun, family friendly environment. (Photo by Brian Hill, Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office)

Six-year-old Jace Thomas gets behind the wheel of a fire truck Saturday in the Exchange parking lot with the help of Fort Leonard Wood Firefighter Russell Hobbs during Fire Fest. The annual celebration – held each year around Fire Prevention Week, provides an opportunity for area firefighters to discuss fire safety with the local community in a fun, famildody friendly environment. (Photo by Brian Hill, Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office)

Fire Prevention Week at MacDill

 

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FL, UNITED STATES

10.05.2023

Photo by Airman 1st Class Derrick Bole 

6th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs  

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Raun Howell, 6th Air Refueling Wing command chief, stands next to firefighters assigned to the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 5, 2023. Howell signed the Fire Prevention Week proclamation signifying the beginning of Fire Prevention Week on the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Derrick Bole)