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The Veterans Day National Committee (VDNC) chose the winner of this years' 2024 Veteran's Day Poster Contest in a 2024 mid-year time frame). The winner was chosen, and Myisha Godette, a retired, and Disabled Army Veteran, has been honored (and Honors Vet’s Everywhere) with this outstanding winning poster), So, when all was said and done - Myisha Godette’s superb poster design displays - in her own words - “the enduring strength of Veterans, embodied by a solid, dark concrete background in my design."

United States of America Veterans Day 2024

November 11, 2024 by Marc Handelman in Honoring All Who Served, DOD, USMC, USSF, USCIA, US ARMY, USN, USAF, USNSA, USCG, USGSA, Military Sealift Command
November 11, 2024 /Marc Handelman /Source
Honoring All Who Served, DOD, USMC, USSF, USCIA, US ARMY, USN, USAF, USNSA, USCG, USGSA, Military Sealift Command

The Veterans Day National Committee (VDNC) chose the winner of this years’ 2023 Veteran’s Day Poster Contest (in a 2023 mid-year time frame). The winner was chosen, and Gene Russell, a VA employee, and Disabled US Army Infantry Veteran (Service Related Disability) has been honored with this years’ winning poster. So, when all was said and done - after examining 60 entries - the Committee had chosen Gene Russell’s ‘ The Bugler’. Outstanding.

2023 United States Veteran's Day

November 11, 2023 by Marc Handelman in Honoring All Who Served, DOD, USMC, USSF, USCIA, US Army, USNSA, USCG, Military Sealift Command
November 11, 2023 /Marc Handelman
Honoring All Who Served, DOD, USMC, USSF, USCIA, US Army, USNSA, USCG, Military Sealift Command

United States Veteran's Day 2022

November 11, 2022 by Marc Handelman in US Veterans Day, US DoD, USMC, USSF, USN, USA, USCIA, USNSA, USCG
November 11, 2022 /Marc Handelman
US Veterans Day, US DoD, USMC, USSF, USN, USA, USCIA, USNSA, USCG

Image Courtesy of American Battle Monuments Commission Suresnes American Cemetery

Lest We Forget: All Gave Some, Some Gave All

May 27, 2019 by Marc Handelman in United States of America, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Air Force, USNSA, US Marine Corps, US Navy, USCIA, ABMC.gov

Memorial Day 2019

May 27, 2019 /Marc Handelman
United States of America, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Air Force, USNSA, US Marine Corps, US Navy, USCIA, ABMC.gov

National Security Agency Research Directorate's 6th Annual Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition →

February 03, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Security Education, Security Research, Security Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, USCSS, USNSA

The National Security Agency's 6th Annual Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition has been announced, along with the following Distinguished Experts and other Pertinent Particulars of the Competition (eg., the submittal criteria et cetera). Interested? Read On... A superlative conclave of security luminaries will examine the nominations and provide their specific submittal preferences to the National Security Agency's Research Directorate.

  • PROF. L. JEAN CAMP, Indiana University
  • DR. ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, Lincoln Laboratory
  • DR. WHITFIELD DIFFIE, Cybersecurity Advisor
  • DR. DAN GEER, In-Q-Tel
  • DR. JOHN MCLEAN, Naval Research Laboratory
  • PROF. STEFAN SAVAGE, University of California, San Diego
  • MR. PHIL VENABLES, Goldman Sachs
  • PROF. DAVID WAGNER, University California at Berkeley
  • DR. JEANNETTE WING, Columbia University

Here are the all-important dates:

  • Submission Period Begins: December 15, 2017
  • Submission Period for Entries Ends: March 30, 2018 11:59 PM, EST.
  • Evaluation Process for Entries Begins: April 2, 2018
  • Winners Notified: By September 14, 2018
  • Winners Announced: Fall 2018
February 03, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Security Education, Security Research, Security Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, USCSS, USNSA

Armed Forces Day 2017

May 20, 2017 by Marc Handelman in USNSA, USCIA, USCSS, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US DISA, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Armed Forces, US Air Force, United States of America, Home of the Free, Land of the Brave
May 20, 2017 /Marc Handelman
USNSA, USCIA, USCSS, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US DISA, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Armed Forces, US Air Force, United States of America, Home of the Free, Land of the Brave

The Porter

April 07, 2017 by Marc Handelman in US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Armed Forces, United States of America, USCSS, USCIA, USNRO, USNSA, USNGIA

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 7, 2017) The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017.

Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/Released)

April 07, 2017 /Marc Handelman
US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Armed Forces, United States of America, USCSS, USCIA, USNRO, USNSA, USNGIA

'He Is (As A Matter Of Course) Correct'

February 28, 2017 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, USNSA, US Armed Forces, Information Security, Information Warfare, Cyberthis Cyberthat, Cyber Cyber

Michael Rogers ADM USN, Director of the National Security Agency and Commander of the United States Cyber Command sums up 'cyber' quite nicely, indeed:

"Cyber is an operational domain in which we do a variety of missions and functions, many of which are very traditional,” Adm. Rogers said. “We do reconnaissance, we do fires, we do maneuvers. The same things I was used to as a surface [warfare] officer … I’m constantly going back to that.”

"Don’t make this thing so specialized, so unique, so different that it just gets pushed to the side. That will sub-optimize our ability to execute cyber operations, and quite frankly it will minimize or at least negatively impact, in my view, the operational outcomes, which is the whole reason we’re doing this in the first place.”

February 28, 2017 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, USNSA, US Armed Forces, Information Security, Information Warfare, Cyberthis Cyberthat, Cyber Cyber

Veteran's Day 2016

November 11, 2016 by Marc Handelman in Veterans, USNSA, USNRO, USNGIA, USMC Forces Cyber Command, USDIA, USCSS, USCIA, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Armed Forces, US Air Force, United States of America, National Security, National Holidays
November 11, 2016 /Marc Handelman
Veterans, USNSA, USNRO, USNGIA, USMC Forces Cyber Command, USDIA, USCSS, USCIA, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Armed Forces, US Air Force, United States of America, National Security, National Holidays

Memorial Day, Why We Remember →

May 30, 2016 by Marc Handelman in Memorial Day, Veterans, USNRO, USNSA, USNGIA, USMC Forces Cyber Command, USDIA, USCSS, USCIA, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Air Force, United States of America
May 30, 2016 /Marc Handelman
Memorial Day, Veterans, USNRO, USNSA, USNGIA, USMC Forces Cyber Command, USDIA, USCSS, USCIA, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Air Force, United States of America

TAO of Joyce →

February 02, 2016 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Information Security, USNSA

Rob Joyce, that is... via Kim Zetter's superlative screed at Wired, comes this stand-up tale of Joyce's Tao, more commonly known as the United States National Security Agency Tailored Access Operations.

February 02, 2016 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Information Security, USNSA
veteransday-2.jpg

United States Veterans Day 2015

November 11, 2015 by Marc Handelman in United States of America, US Air Force, US Army, US Coast Guard, US Marine Corps, US Navy, USCIA, USCSS, USNSA, USNGIA, USDIA, USNRO
November 11, 2015 /Marc Handelman
United States of America, US Air Force, US Army, US Coast Guard, US Marine Corps, US Navy, USCIA, USCSS, USNSA, USNGIA, USDIA, USNRO

Alexanders' Warning: Catastrophic Attacks on Energy Sector in the Offing

April 28, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Common Sense, Cyberwar, Electronic Warfare, Government, ICS, ICS/SCADA, Information Security, Intelligence, USNSA

via David Bisson, writing at Tripwire's State of Security blog, comes a particularly dire warning from Keith Alexander, GEN (RET) USA (RET), holder of a Bronze Star and the 16th Director of the United States National Security Agency, focusing on the security bulwarks of the embattled Energy Sector.

April 28, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, Common Sense, Cyberwar, Electronic Warfare, Government, ICS, ICS/SCADA, Information Security, Intelligence, USNSA

Happy Thanksgiving

November 27, 2014 by Marc Handelman in USNSA, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Air Force, National Security, National Holidays, USCIA, USCSS

Remember our Soldiers, Marines, Airmen, Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Intelligence Services Personnel world wide during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Heroes All.

November 27, 2014 /Marc Handelman
USNSA, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, US Army, US Air Force, National Security, National Holidays, USCIA, USCSS