Courtesy Story | SMART Scholarship Program | 02.28.2022
Good mentors get their mentees on the A-LiST. In the case of Linda Mullen, Ph.D., and David Illig, Ph.D., the A-LiST is Dr. Mullen’s Advanced Lidar Systems Team at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) in Patuxent River, MD. Together the mentor and mentee have designed state-of-the-art optical sensors to identify underwater threats for the Navy to maintain undersea......
Story by Staff Sgt. Greg Nash | 51st Fighter Wing | 05.18.2020
Tuning out the pounding of his own heartbeat, nerves tense as a young Air Force explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) officer disarms bombs in some of Southwest Asia’s most dangerous warzones. A sudden increased heart rate and blood flow kicks in as adrenaline rush reverberates through his body. Internally, things are chaotic, but the madness is masked by the man’s calm, humorous demeanor,......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District | 08.28.2018
My name is Cadet James Hoyt and I am an intern at the Walla Walla District of the Army Corps of Engineers. I study mechanical engineering at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. I am entering my MSIV year in Clarkson’s ROTC program, the Golden Knight Battalion. Since my freshman year, I have been interested in branching as an engineer officer. Throughout my time as a Cadet, I had heard......
