Tag Archives: National Guard

Mary Williams-Lynch, a 33-year U.S. Army veteran, has been named director of mission and compliance services at Bethesda, Md.-based professional services provider Panum.

Recently, ExecutiveBiz spoke with John Epperly, president of DMI Federal, about the honor to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and speak at the National Guard monument on Omaha Beach on Thursday. In addition, Epperly discussed the impact the Virginia National Guard had on D-Day and how the events shaped the town of Vierville-sur-Mer, France.

Lockheed Martin has completed the initial delivery of a new search-and-rescue aircraft to the U.S. National Guard. The HC-130J Combat King II aircraft is the first of four to be delivered. The National Guard's 102nd Rescue Squadron will operate the aircraft from Francis S. Grabreski Air National Guard Base in New York, the company said Thursday.

Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said agencies should initiate efforts to hire and retain a stable pool of cybersecurity professionals and one of those measures is to establish a cyber “National Guard.” Trexler wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that the National Guard …

Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has received recognition for contributions in support of the National Guard Education Foundation. Sikorsky garnered NGEF’s BG William W. Spruance Legacy Award at the National Guard Association of the United States’ 140th General Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans, Lockheed said Saturday. The award recognizes people and firms that …

Elbit Systems of America has announced it will showcase a suite of aircrew situational awareness products and services at the 2018 National Guard Association of the U.S. Conference and Exhibition. The company said Monday it will present four types of products at the event that will take place Aug. 24  to 27 …

CACI International has secured a potential three-year, $60 million contract to continue the provision of advertising and marketing support to the U.S. Army National Guard‘s State Media Services Program. The company said Monday it will help SMSP deliver advertising and creative resources to ARNG Retention and Recruitment Commands across U.S. states …

DynCorp International has received a contract change order worth an estimated $75 million to provide base camp support over the next three months for U.S. military and civilian personnel conducting relief operations in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. The change order from the Army Contracting Command – Rock Island under the Logistics …

Engility has partnered with the nonprofit Center for Cyber Safety and Education to introduce a scholarship program designed to help U.S. military veterans obtain cybersecurity training and certification. The CyberWarrior program is open to service members who will be discharged from any of the country’s five military branches by Dec. 21 as …

“When a parent’s deployment or battle injury brings stress to a child, it’s amazing what simple activities–like ballet or baseball-can do. Help us engage them, encourage them…empower them.” OCT. 4, 2017 —Our Military Kids, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, supports children of deployed National Guard and Reserve and Wounded Warriors …

Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, has been appointed as a member of Unisys‘ board of directors. James brings more than three decades of homeland and national security experience to the board, Unisys said Monday. “As someone who just recently led one of the branches of …

Battelle has received a three-year, $13.8 million task order to provide training support to the National Guard Bureau‘s Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Division. The nonproft organization said Wednesday it will help train WMD and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives response teams under the task order. The order falls under the Defense …

Daniel Feehan, former principal deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness at the Defense Department, in now adjunct senior fellow for the Center for a New American Security‘s Military, Veterans and Society program. CNAS said Monday that Feehan will aid the organization’s ongoing research efforts as well as guide current junior …

The U.S. National Guard has received the first of four Lockheed Martin-developed fixed-wing personnel recovery aircraft that will support operations in Alaska and the Pacific Theater. Lockheed said Thursday that the HC-130J aircraft will help users respond to disaster scenarios, evacuate aeromedical personnel, support humanitarian outreach programs, disseminate aviation advisories and perform security cooperation …

Technical and Project Engineering has received a potential three-year, $45 million contract to continue provision of training resource modeling services to the U.S. Army. TAPE said Tuesday it will develop and distribute training resources across Army components that include the National Guard, reserve units, Forces Command, Special Operations Command and the Training and Doctrine …