Written on April 30, 2010 at 12:05 pm by

Episode #32: Weekly AFPS News Roundup for April 29

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afps-logo-final-podcast-5_090309085820The April 29th AFPS podcast covers ongoing oil cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico; a meeting held at the Pentagon between U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barack; comments related to the vital role of social media made by Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn at the San Francisco headquarters of Facebook; progress being made in Iraq by Iraqi security forces; a recap of efforts to cut energy usage at defense installations; Army reaction to claims made in a media report about care at warrior transition units; an update on suicide prevention programs at the Veterans Administration; and, a new Pelican for Patriots program that gives free custom cases to wounded warriors with prosthetics.

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    While flying over Colorado a B-2 Stealth Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, MO, moves into position for a mid-air refueling via the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee on 09 May, 2012. The B-2 Stealth bomber and the KC-135 crews conducted the aerial refueling to maintain mission readiness standards.

    U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Jeremy M. Wilson (DVIDS)


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    Royal Canadian Mounted Police assigned to a Marine Security Emergency Response Team debark from the HMCS Ville de Quebec (FFH 332) to conduct boarding operations during Exercise Frontier Sentinel 2012 May 8, 2012 at sea off Sydney, Nova Scotia. Exercise Frontier Sentinel is a combined interagency exercise involving Joint Task Force Atlantic, the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy Fleet Forces Command. The exercise is designed to continue to develop and validate the existing plans, treaties and standard operation procedures for a bilateral response to maritime homeland defense and security threats.

    (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte / Released) (DVIDS)


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    Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, tread water during water training in Southwest Asia, May 7, 2012. Members of the EOD flight use water training as part of their physical training routine to stay in top physical condition and stay trained.

    (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla) (DVIDS)