Project Diane is a United States Army Special Operations Command initiative which looks at ways to expand women’s roles within the command. It takes its name from Office of Strategic Services member Virginia Hall, codename ‘Diane.’
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Project Diane
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015Milipol – Gendarmerie Nationale Systeme de Cartographie de Crisis SC2
Thursday, November 19th, 2015In the US, our military has long been able to produce custom Gridded Reference Graphics from overhead imagery. They make the job much easier by taking recent images, which we know depict up-to-fate ground conditions, and combing geospatial data such as elevation, grid lines and road as well as place names to create maps. They can then be shared digitally or printed out on Tyvek or similar material to make them water resistant.
At Milipol, the French Gendarmerie, their national paramilitary police force, also has that capability. But, they can attach the box you see on the table to a helicopter and fly their own aerial photography collection missions. The system combines high res imagery with GPS data to produce mensurated images that can be easily manipulated to make GRGs.
Army Gear Testing at Natick Laboratories: “Meeting the Need”
Saturday, October 17th, 2015This video from 1968 showcases some of the Viet Nam War-era development conducted at Natick such as the LRRP ration and LINCLOE programs.
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AWG Updates Website
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 
The US Army’s Asymmetric Warfare Group has updated their website and they’ve included their recruiting video.
What’s a USACAPOC(A) Anyway?
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Forces Focus – US Air Force Rescue in Djibouti
Monday, December 22nd, 2014This video, “A Day’s Work” was shot on location in Djibouti and depicts the 81st, 82nd and 303rd Rescue Squadrons in action.
Navy SEALs – The Untold Story
Sunday, November 23rd, 2014PBS recently aired a special on the history of the US Navy SEALs. There’s some great stuff in there.
You can watch the whole thing here: video.pbs.org/video/2365359070
Forces Focus – 24 Hours In AFSOC
Friday, October 24th, 2014
