Command Magazine

Currents is the official environmental magazine of the U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (N45). Participating Commands include the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP). This magazine is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Statements made in the N45 Outlook column reflect the official environmental policy of the Navy.

As DoD continues to focus on security concerns within and outside the borders of Afghanistan, an emphasis on intelligence gathering and sharing is driving greater reliance on technologies supporting advanced C4ISR capabilities. With current challenges to communications and data networking, ground transportation, and FOB coordination, joint and coalition forces committed to Operation Enduring Freedom are benefiting from the infusion of enhanced tracking, positioning, and ruggedized computing assets. Armor & Mobility’s May issue gives readers get a first-hand look at just how this mission-critical equipment and intelligence is being coordinated through an in-depth interview with Deputy Commander Keith Huber, U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). Huber discusses JFCOM efforts to provide leadership for the joint services across a disjointed battlespace. From joint to on-point, A&M delves into the U.S. Army’s ongoing transition from FCS to Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) or Blue Force Tracking (BFT), as the service implements its new Joint Battle Command program (JBC-P).

Naval Aviation News is back at the cat as it continues its own journey toward 100 years of publication, and it begins the celebration of Naval Aviation’s
century of excellence in 2011. After 23 years in the excellent care of the Naval Historical Center (now the Naval History and Heritage Command), Naval Aviation News has returned to the Naval Air Systems Command. The magazine will now appear in print quarterly, and will be available online.

'Defense Logistics: Supplying the Warfighter’ is an annual review of U.S. Department of Defense supply programs and projects. The business of supplying warfighters is a multi-billion dollar industry, the science of which is defense logistics. This supply chain is a crucial element of all military planning and is led by organizations such as the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Army Materiel Command (AMC) and Naval Supply Systems Command NAVSUP). The challenge of managing and controlling the flow of goods to the large appetite of the U.S. military machine literally is an art and science.