WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Space Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * Summary: New schoolhouse location consolidates Wideband SATCOM training under USSF and incorporates live node for high-fidelity simulation training. * * * FORT DETRICK, Maryland - The Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Operations Center (WSOC) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, will soon be the permanent schoolhouse for the Wideband Transmission Controller Operator Course (WTCOC), which prepares Gu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Air Force Brig. Gen. Barbra S. Buls for appointment to the grade of major general. Buls is currently serving as commander, Air National Guard Readiness Center, National Guard Bureau, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Air Force Brig. Gen. Daniel D. Boyack for appointment to the grade of major general. Boyack  more

GREENBELT, Maryland, Nov. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland issued the following news release: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland has filed a criminal complaint against Sarah Katherine Magid, 34, of Burtonsville, Maryland. Magid is charged with distributing fentanyl that resulted in serious bodily injury and the death of a victim. The criminal complaint was unsealed on November 13, 2024, as Magid appeared in the U.S. District Court in Greenb  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 13 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news: * * * Inflammation can exacerbate risks for cardiovascular disease -- and is informing new approaches for treatment * * * Like a fire alarm sending signals to evacuate a smoky building, the immune system has internal guards to help the body sense and respond to danger. However, for people with risks for heart disease, these warning signals can have a negative  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Center for Cancer Research issued the following news: Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a new software to help analyze radiographic images (different techniques for taking images that allow doctors to visualize the body's internal structures) of the prostate. A clinical trial led by Ismail Baris Turkbey, M.D., Senior Clinician in the Molecular Imaging Branch, is researching this new software for a  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Naval Academy issued the following news release: The Naval Academy's Cyber Security Team received third place in the annual Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division's Cyber Resiliency and Measurement Innovation Challenge (CRAM) at the University of Mary Washington's Dahlgren campus this October. The team, represented by Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Ronald Miller, a Computer Science major, and Midshipman 1st Class (senior) Matthew Purvis, a Data S  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: * * * Novel Approach Preserves Key Proteins, Offering Hope for Preventing Infertility and Blindness Worldwide * * * By Sharon Holland Researchers at the Uniformed Services University (USU), in collaboration with scientists at Duke University, have developed a promising vaccine candidate to help prevent chlamydia infections--a major cause of infertility and blindness worldwide. Dr.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (TNSres)-- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release: Arlington, VA - The U.S. Trade and Development Agency announced that it has awarded a feasibility study grant to Namibia's Javilian Civils (Proprietary) Limited (Javilian) that will support the expansion of digital infrastructure across Southern and Central Africa. Specifically, USTDA's assistance will help enable the delivery of reliable, high-capacity internet to tens of thousands of people  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release: A Maryland man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for distributing and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents, on Oct. 12, 2023, Fairfax County Police (FCPD) conducted a controlled buy of 200 counterfeit pressed pills containing fentanyl, xylazine, and para-fluorofentanyl from Jahrulle Terrence Whyte, 29, of Glen Bu  more