Veterans Day
Dog Is My Co-Pilot: How Navy Veteran Marissa Helton Found Peace with a Service Dog Named Andy
“Did you serve in the military?”
It was one of the first things Marissa Helton was asked mere minutes after walking into a holistic doctor’s office. The tip-off? The doctor’s dog had immediately sidled up to Helton, who spent the rest of the visit petting him. As the doctor eventually explained, her dog was trained to work with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.
Aerospace
What The Noise Is All About: How This Company Made A New Hollywood Blockbuster Roar
After the original Hollywood blockbuster about Navy fighter pilots conquered the box office in 1986, the movie received four Academy Award nominations. All but one hailed the film’s auditory experience: best sound, best sound effects, and best original song.
Sound engineering punched up the movie’s most memorable scenes: the first four minutes, filled with takeoffs and landings, pulsating atop of a major hit song to the roar of a fighter jet buzzing the tower, as well as the acute drone of the stall warning that preceded the failed ejection of the main hero’s best friend.
ships
This Ship Has Sailed: U.S. Navy Commissions An All-Electric Stealth Destroyer Zumwalt For Service
The U.S. Navy has commissioned for service the USS Zumwalt, its largest and most advanced stealth destroyer. The ceremony took place in Baltimore on Saturday.
Named after the late Adm. Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt Jr., the 610-foot-long, all-electric "multi-mission" ship was built at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Maine. The Navy estimates the 15,600-ton vessel can hit a target at a range of more than 60 miles. It also has a wave-piercing tumblehome design and a unique superstructure that make it less visible to enemy radar at sea.