Navy to Demonstrate Biofuel Use During Exercise
By Karen Parrish, American Forces Press Service From www.defense.gov WASHINGTON, DD.C. – The U.S. Navy will employ a biofuel blend to power aircraft and most vessels participating in a maritime...
View ArticleSmaller Carbon Footprint Means Fewer Risks, Official Says
By Cheryl Pellerin, American Forces Press Service From www.defense.gov WASHINGTON, D.C. – A hard push by the Defense Department and the military services to reduce dependence on fossil fuels will...
View ArticleHybrid Vehicles
From the U.S. Army [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] The U.S. Army unveils a hybrid vehicle at the Chicago Auto Show. This vehicle...
View ArticleArmy Unveils World’s First Military Fleet of Fuel Cell Vehicles
U.S. Army, Pacific, Public Affairs Office HONOLULU – U.S. Army, Pacific unveiled a fleet of 16 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that the military services in Hawaii are testing in an effort to research...
View ArticleRecycling Plant Preserves Resources, Plans for Earth Day
Story by Lance Cpl. Paul Peterson From Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Recycling is more than environmentally friendly, it’s sound resource management. Managing resources is a must...
View ArticleEarth Day, Every Month
Troops for Trash is a monthly program for service members stationed at Osan Air Base in Korea. Volunteers meet up to get active by walking, cleaning up litter and building relationship with locals....
View ArticleGoing Green: Paper, No More Plastic
Taking care of the environment is something that every military community can be a part of, and in Italy, even the Commissary is doing their part. The Naples commissary is going green by eliminating...
View ArticleGoing Green: Beach Cleanup
Members of the Navy Misawa CPO 365 Program spent the morning cleaning up the local Misawa Fish Port. More than 30 Misawa Air Base chief petty officers and board-eligible first class petty officers...
View ArticleThe Environment Becomes A National Security Concern
Climate and environmental change are emerging as national security threats that weigh heavily in the Pentagon’s new strategy, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta told an environmental group. “The area of...
View ArticleThe Great Green Fleet
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus discussed the importance of the great green fleet at Boston Navy Week. He talked about this year’s demonstration at this years Rim of the Pacific exercise. “The carrier...
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