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December 8, 2021

Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine is “playing catch-up” after long delays in delivering ships, Defense News reported after visiting the shipyard….

Spouses and children of active duty service members at seven installations can now apply for the Corvias Foundation’s 2022 scholarship program, according to a press release that also includes links to learn more and apply. The program is open to families whose service member is stationed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Meade, Maryland, Fort Polk, Louisiana, Fort Riley, Kansas, Fort Rucker, Alabama and Fort Sill, Oklahoma….

DOD recently deployed a private 5G network at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. “[T]he project will evaluate the technical feasibility, methodologies, and utility of spectrum sharing and coexistence with diverse 5G networks in a band of vital importance to commercial industry,” DOD said in a press release.

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December 8, 2021

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