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Armed with Science

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Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military is a weekly webcast that discusses the importance of science and technology to military operations and the Department of Defense. We interview scientists, administrators, and operators to inform our listeners about cutting-edge scientific research and development sponsored by various defense offices. Tweet questions to @ArmedwScience and get SCIENCED!

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Dave Moretti of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI, is the principal investigator for the Marine Mammal Monitoring on Navy Ranges program sponsored by the Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Readiness Division.... more
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US Army Col. Christian Ockenhouse, director of the US Military Malaria Vaccine Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), will discuss WRAIR’s malaria efforts, which encompass vaccine research, drug... more
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This segment of Armed with Science highlights the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) roles and responsibilities for homeland security research in two key areas: protecting critical infrastructure (drinking water and waste water... more
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Dr. Joan Fuller, Program Director, and Major Michelle Ewy, Program Manager, at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s Aerospace, Chemical, and Material Science Directorate, will discuss how basic research plays a crucial role in the... more
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Our guest is Master Sergeant Kari L. Hubler, United States Marine Corps, who has been an enlisted specialist in the field of meteorology and oceanography for the past 17 years. While most of her career has been spent in operational... more
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The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) is a program that provides high school students the support and resources to design and conduct original research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)... more
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Sally Shoop and Barry Coutermarsh, research engineers at the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, will discuss the SAVE (Synthetic Automotive Virtual Environments) program, which aims to building hardware and... more
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Dr. Andrew Gordon, research associate professor at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) will discuss UrbanSim, ICT’s computer-based game to support the training of military commanders and their... more
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The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, more commonly known as "HAARP," is a joint Air Force and Navy research program to enhance our knowledge of the physics of the ionosphere and radio science. The ionosphere,... more
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Dr. Regina Akers, historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command and expert on African American history, will discuss the little-publicized contributions of African American women in the U.S. Navy. Dr. Akers will also discuss the... more
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We’re broadcasting live from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, with Col Paul Sheppard, Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force – Support Forces Antarctica. Col Sheppard will discuss the major contributions by Servicemembers in support of... more
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The number of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) casualties has increased tremendously, especially for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers who are exposed to IED associated blasts are often not aware of any resulting mild... more
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Mr. R. Paul Ryan, administrator of the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), will discuss DoD Techipedi a scientific and technical wiki, designed to increase collaboration among DoD scientists, engineers, program managers and... more
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Dr. Ray Perez, program officer with the Office of Naval Research, will discuss how video games can impact adult “fluid intelligence,” the fundamental ability to reason and solve problems in novel contexts. When people think of the U.S.... more
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Jennifer Ouellette, director of the National Academy of Sciences' Science and Entertainment Exchange, and Jamie Paglia, co-creator and executive producer of the SyFy Channel’s EUREKA, will discuss their experiences connecting the... more
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Dr. George Doschek, head of the Solar Terrestrial Relationships Branch at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and Dr. Russell Howard, astrophysicist at NRL, join us for a discussion of solar physics research. Solar events such as... more
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The Naval History and Heritage Command Underwater Archaeology Branch addresses issues related to underwater research, including the science and technology used to locate and study wrecks, recover artifacts, restore and... more
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The Defense Department Cyber Crime Center (DC3) has conducted their DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge for the last 4 years to identify and recognize the Top Guns in the community and solve real-world challenges that digital forensic... more
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For almost 60 years, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has expanded the horizon of scientific knowledge through its leadership and management of the Air Force’s basic research program. The resulting... more
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Dr. Andy Young, chief of the Military Nutrition Division at the US Army Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), and Mr. Gerry Darsch, director of the Combat Feeding Program at the Natick Soldier Systems Center, will discuss... more
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Dr. Robert Heinssen, acting director of Division of Services and Intervention Research at the National Institute of Mental Health, will discuss the largest study of suicide and mental health among military personnel ever... more
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In its 50th year of operations, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) provides tropical cyclone reconnaissance, forecasts and warnings in the 110 million square miles encompassed by the Pacific and Indian Oceans for the U.S.... more
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Small embedded transducers gathering sound-wave information are delivering real-time vehicle armor health monitoring systems that could eventually help protect our Nation’s warfighters. Dr. Thomas Meitzler, scientist at the U.S. Army... more
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Ron Meyers, quantum physicist at the Army Research Laboratory, will discuss a new way of seeing objects that were once hidden from sight. He and his team are credited in taking quantum ghost imaging from a physics curiosity and making it... more
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Dr. Cynthia Lundgren, chief of the Electrochemistry Branch in the Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate at Army Research Laboratory, will discuss fuel cell technology that has the potential to lower the weight burden carried by soldiers... more
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Dr. Barry Spargo, head of the Chemical Dynamics and Diagnostics Branch at the Naval Research Laboratory, will discuss research options that show great promise for providing new sources of power and energy for force mobility and reducing... more
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Col. Dave Belote, commander of the 99th Air Base Wing, will discuss one of the Air Force's most ambitious green initiatives, the Nellis Air Force Base Solar Array, which is comprised of more than 72,000 solar panels containing 6 million solar... more
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Barbara McQuiston, Special Assistant for Energy at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will discuss DARPA's comprehensive research and development effort aimed at creating technologies that can lead to... more
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Students enrolled in Defense Department schools deserve and need the best science education possible, one that enables them to fulfill personal ambitions and career goals in an ever-changing world. The challenge is enormous and... more
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Many of the best ideas for solving Warfighter challenges come from the Warfighters themselves. Unfortunately, these good ideas often get buried in the bureaucracy and never make it into the formal acquisition, research, and/or... more
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How did you spend your summer vacation? We’ll talk next to three students from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Schools who were selected to participate in the 2009 Research Science Institute (RSI) Program... more
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Two seemingly unrelated U.S. Army organizations are gathering robotics experts and companies from across the country in search of innovative robotic solutions to save Soldier’s lives. Fort Hood’s III Corps and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive... more
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Dr. Vik Bebarta, Chief of Medical Toxicology at Wilford Hall Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio will discuss cyanide toxicity and its risk of... more
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Shannon Cunniff is the Director of the Chemical and Material Risk Management Directorate within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Her Emerging Contaminants program brings together science, technology and policy to identify... more
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Joining us this week is CAPT Paul Stewart, Director of the Naval Research Laboratory. Since 1923, the Navy's corporate laboratories have served the nation through wide array of scientific and technological innovation. NRL laboratories... more
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Dr. Linton Wells II, Distinguished Research Professor and Force Transformation Chair at the National Defense University, will discuss TIDES, an international research project focused on sustainable support to stressed populations in... more
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Immobility remains a major problem for disabled veterans. Immobility and wheelchair dependence cause degenerative changes in the bones, joints, hearts, lungs, and skin. Dr. Ronald Triolo, Department of Veterans Affairs Senior... more
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Dr. Jacquelyn Morie of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) will discuss the Transitional Online Post-Deployment Soldier Support in Virtual World, or Coming Home. This is a project that is creating a space within Second Life... more
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Rear Admiral Dave Titley, the Oceanographer of the Navy, joins us from Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city of the United States, where he is preparing for a flight to the Arctic coast. Admiral Titley will be visiting the U.S. Coast Guard... more
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The Pentagon Force Protection Agency is testing their response procedures and decontamination methods in the event of a bio-attack on the Pentagon. Mr. Paul Benda and Dr. Christina Murata, Director and Deputy Director of the Chemical,... more
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Dr. Sujeeta Bhatt, research scientist (IPA), at the Defense Intelligence Agency, will discuss deception detection methodologies and research. In particular, Dr. Bhatt will discuss the use of neuroimaging techniques to detect deception.The... more
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Dr. Stephen R. Muza, Thermal & Mountain Medicine Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, will discuss the impact of the thin air of high altitude on conducting mountain operations and explain how the... more
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Kelley Hughes, strategic communications officer, and Alicia Owsiak, deputy chief of the Technology Divsion, at the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, will discuss non-lethal weapon systems with a range of... more
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Substance use and abuse, including non-medical use of prescription drugs, is an issue of concern in the US Military. Michael E. Kilpatrick, MD, Director of Strategic Communications for the Military Health System in the Office of the Assistant... more
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Hardening Army base camps from explosions and projectiles would be much simpler if we had super materials to work with, say materials with 10 times the strength of steel or twice that of Kevlar. We’ve known for years that materials... more
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Dr. Barbara Rothbaum, director of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program at the Emory University School of Medicine, will discuss research investigating Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy as a treatment for post-traumatic... more
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Military personnel can't shop at several different stores until they find clothing & equipment that's just the right fit for their body type, and the consequences of ill fitting equipment on the battlefield go far beyond crimes of fashion. So... more
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Army scientists have developed vaccines against two types of hantaviruses, which are known health threats to U.S. troops stationed in Europe and Asia. The research team used small amounts of genetic material, or DNA, from the... more
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Dr. Larry Schuette, Director of Innovation at the Office of Naval Research, will discuss how science is being used to produce innovations for saving energy at sea. The Department of the Navy is going green just like the rest of the... more
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Drs. Ivy Estabrook, program officer for the Human, Social, Cultural and Behavioral Science program at the Office of Naval Research, and Elisa Bienenstock, Chief Human Science Officer at NSI, Inc., will discuss the Defense Department's... more
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Sonja Gargies, Energy Storage Team Leader for the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development Engineering Center (TARDEC), will discuss the Advanced Automotive Battery Initiative; how the Army collaborates with industry,... more
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Mark Skoog, team director for the Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology Fighter Risk Reduction Program (ACAT FRRP) at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, and David "Nils" Larsen and Kevin Prosser, project research... more
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Rear Admiral Larry Rice, director of the Chief of Naval Operations Environmental Readiness Division, will discuss the second year of a three-year Behavioral Response Study of the effects of sound on whale behavior. Researchers... more
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Mr. Jesse Citizen and Colonel Michael Sanders, Director and Deputy Director of the Defense Department's Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Coordination Office, will discuss the value of modeling and simulation technologies to the modern... more
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Capt Jeffrey Currer, head of the US Navy's Undersea Surveillance Branch, will discuss sonar technology; how the Navy uses underwater sound for navigation, detection, classification, and localization; and the difference between passive... more
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Dr. Mark Drapeau, Associate Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Center for Technology and National Security Policy, will discuss the role of new social technologies for information sharing within government... more
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Dr. Brian Luzum, chief of Earth Orientation Parameters, Combination and Prediction Division at the U.S. Naval Observatory, will discuss the need for determining the orientation of the Earth within the celestial reference frame to... more
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Tim Clarke, Jr., deputy director of communications for the National Museum of Health and Medicine, will discuss the 10th anniversary of National Brain Awareness Week, which was established by the Dana Alliance for Brain... more
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Bill Seifert of U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Headquarters will discuss the development of future naval facilities utilizing low impact development techniques to manage storm water runoff and prevent sediment and pollutants... more
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Col. Laurie G. Moe Buckhout, chief of the Electronic Warfare Division in U.S. Army Operations, Readiness, and Mobilization, will discuss the next generation warfighter and explain how the Army is using the science of ground electronic... more
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Dr. John Parmentola, the U.S. Army's Director for Research and Laboratory Management, will discuss new areas of science and how the discovery of new knowledge from research in these areas has great potential for developing new... more
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U.S. Navy Aerographer’s Mate 1st Class Gary Primo, Ice Analyst at the National Ice Center, will discuss the role of the Naval/National Ice Center in monitoring sea ice for safety of navigation and operations, and to monitor the changing Arctic... more
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Michael Jeffries is a hydrographer for the Navy and the Technical Director of the Fleet Survey Team, and he will discuss the techniques and tools of ocean bottom mapping; the use of expeditionary Fleet Survey Teams; and how the data they... more
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Geoff Chester will discuss the U.S. Naval Observatory's Master Clock (one of the most precise clocks in the world). Mr. Chester will also discuss the nature of atomic time keeping; why a precise time reference is critical to military... more
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