SWITCH: Mobile | ePaper | Subscribe

Homes Rentals Jobs Autos Contests

Department of Defense

Chambers ask legislators for help fighting BRAC

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 6:38am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Northern Utah Chamber Coalition has asked legislators to seriously consider allocating money to promote Hill Air Force Base.

Members of four chambers of commerce -- Davis, Ogden-Weber, Box Elder and Cache -- met with Top of Utah legislators early Monday morning to discuss their priorities concerning public policy and government funding.

At the top of the list is funding for the Utah Defense Alliance, a nonprofit organization that has played a key role in keeping the base open during previous Base Realignment and Closure actions.

Business, Cache County Commission, Davis County Commission, Department of Defense, Hill Air Force Base, State government, Utah, Utah Legislature, Weber County Commission Read more Comments

Why the costly F-35 program won't die

James Rosen, Rob Hotakainen McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 10:55am

WASHINGTON -- For all its high-tech stealth and record price tag, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter embodies the droll military motto, "Hurry up and wait."

Conceived in the heady post-Cold War 1990s, the futuristic fifth-generation jet fighter was to be a technological marvel built in a rush and paid for with "peace dividend" dollars.

But now with the economic crash, the fighter is billions over budget and years behind schedule.

Here's part of the problem: axing the F-35 would eliminate tens of thousands of jobs in 47 states. Few members of Congress are willing to go along.

Business, Budget cuts, Defense contractor, Department of Defense, F-35 Jets, Fighter jets, U.S. Air Force, Featured, National Read more Comments

Suicides drop, sex assault up among military

Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, January 20, 2012 - 6:30pm

The rate of suicide throughout the U.S. military has stopped rising, but sexual assault and post-traumatic stress problems are on the rise, the Pentagon said this week as it released new data outlining the scope of both problems.

Department of Defense, Pentagon, PTSD, Sex Assault, Suicide, Military, National Read more Comments

NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner
Khalil Hicks (left) steers his robot on Friday at Northridge High School in Layton. Much of a $660,000 grant recently awarded to the school will benefit the popular robotics class.

Northridge High gets funds for engineering, math, science

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 8:11am

LAYTON -- Northridge High School is building a new stadium, and the competitors who will do battle there are still in the early construction phase.

Thanks to a $660,000 grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Educational Partnership, Northridge will have extra money for its engineering, science and math departments. A good chunk of the cash is going to the newly formed robotics class.

Education, Engineering, Department of Defense, Grant, Hill Air Force Base, Math, Northridge High School, Robotics, Robots, Science, Utah, Featured Read more Comments

Northridge High to receive DOD grant money

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 12:34pm

ARLINGTON, VA — The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Educational Partnership awarded a $660,000 grant to the Davis School District through the FY 11 Grant Program.

Davis School District, Department of Defense, Grants, Northridge High School Read more Comments