Friday, January 27, 2012

DOD WEBSITE Armed with Science aims to:
- highlight the importance of DoD science and technology
- connect military scientists and engineers with the public
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pentagon Observance

Thursday, January 19, 2012


Military’s Groundbreaking Vaccine Targets Breast Cancer

Military researchers here have developed a cutting-edge cancer vaccine that’s slashing breast cancer recurrence rates and giving some survivors a better shot at a cancer-free future.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

USA TODAY

Military deaths in the Afghanistan War declined in 2011, the first drop in four years, amid a string of battlefield successes against Taliban insurgents by U.S. and other coalition


War Yields Lessons in Preventing, Treating Eye Injuries

Ten years of conflict has given rise to the world’s best body armor and battlefield technologies and a new understanding of eye injuries and treating those who suffer from them.

U.S. Navy photo

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Armed with Science

Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors aboard USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52). Photo by Cpl. Tommy Huynh


Battlefield corpsmen and medical professionals across the country gained a valuable tool recently, as the Food and Drug Administration approved the first hand-held device detecting bleeding in the brain

The Infrascanner could be a particular boon to the Department of the Navy (DON), as heavy computed tomography (CT) machines are not normally carried aboard ships in the frigate or destroyer class, or in the field with the Marine Corps.