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See page 11 Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Army Air Force ARMED FORCES San Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 FIFTY EIGHTH YEAR NO. 35 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 FEBRUARY MONTHLY OBSERVANCES Adopt A Rescued Rabbit AMD/Low Vision Awareness American Heart Bake for Family Fun Barley Beat The Heat Declutter For A Cause Dog Training Education Fabulous Florida Strawberry Feline Fix By Five The crew of Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer Free and Open Source USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) brings the ship to Software life during its commissioning ceremony. 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The vessel was determined to be stateless following a flag verifica- Return Shopping Carts to tion boarding conducted in accordance with customary international the Supermarket ” law. The vessel and its crew were allowed to depart once the narcot- Spay/Neuter Awareness Historian Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950) ics were seized. New graphic novellas to educate Soldiers, Monsoor named for the southern Cali- continued from front page fornia native. “Monsoor is an incred- families on future cyber threats ible honor that the Navy has “’You never quit.’ Those are by Devon L. Suit Lt. Col. Robert Ross, threatcasting acy of producing visual literature combination of scientific fact and bestowed upon him and his the words Michael Monsoor FORT MEADE, Md. -- Since project lead at the Army Cyber to improve readiness, the ACI the imagination of those involved, family,” said Chief Warrant wrote with permanent marker World War II, the Army has been Institute in West Point, N.Y. has partnered with Arizona State he said. Officer Benjamin Oleson, inside the camouflage hat he using comic books to train Sol- University Threatcasting Lab to one of Mon- diers on specific duties and reduce The U.S. military, allied part- produce a series of graphic novel- “This project is designed soor’s team- casualties through improved situ- ners, and their adversaries are las, Ross said. to deliver that understanding m a t e s i n ational awareness. finding new ways to leverage net- through visual narra- Ramadi. “I worked devices on the battlefield, tive,” he said. “Techni- went out to The trend continued through Ross said. cal reports and research the christen- the Vietnam War. At that time, papers do not translate ing event, the Army discovered a training “The use of networked tech- as well to the audiences and I was deficiency and produced a comic nology is ubiquitous through- we are looking to influ- completely book to educate Soldiers about out society and the leverag- ence. Graphic novellas blown away proper weapon maintenance. ing of these devices on future are more influential of a [ b y ] t h e battlefields will become more medium for conveying sheer size Fast forward to today, the Army prevalent; there’s just no escape future threats to not of what this James and Joseph Monsoor, brothers is facing a new challenge. Ad- from this trend. Technology is only Army organiza- s h i p r e p - to Michael Monsoor, pass the long vancements in cyber and smart integrated at every level of our tions at large, but down r e s e n t s . Advancements in cyber and smart tech- glass to the first watch during the technologies have the potential Army,” he said. to the Soldier level.” I think if nologies have the potential to alter the commissioning ceremony Photo by to alter the landscape of future landscape of future military operations. Mikey saw MC2 Alex Millar military operations, according to Keeping with the Army’s leg- To help educate Soldiers about this fu- The novella titled t h e s h i p , ture threat, the Army Cyber Institute has h e ’ d b e partnered with Arizona State University “1000 Cuts” depicts the Threatcasting Lab to produce a series of psychological impact like, ‘That’s too much. That’s wore throughout his [Basic A&B TRUCK RECYCLING graphic novellas. The graphic seen here that a cyber-attack could not for me. I’m just laid Undersea Demolition School] &200(5&,$/676$1',(*2&$ is from the novella titled Hero. Courtesy have on Soldiers and back.’ But I think it’s truly training at the Naval Special photo their families. 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