Navy Reserve Ensign Bob Zinga came to Alabama in 1996 after leaving his home in the Congo in Central Africa. For Zinga, whose mother brought him to the United States for college, education is everything. ‘My mom wanted me to have the best education in the world,’ he said. ‘And it was here in […]
Archives for August 2015
Team brings virtualization expertise to carrier personnel
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) NetOps Support Team (NST) Fly-Away Team (FAT) Reserve component recently provided IT training support to the aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and USS John C. Stennis during a detachment to Naval Station Kitsap Bremerton. Training classes took place March 16-20.
Program helps students learn how to say “no” to drugs
Raised in the Congo, Bob Fabien Zinga came to the United States to pursue freedom and educational opportunities. After earning a degree from the University of Alabama and joining the U.S. Navy Reserve, Zinga is now using the story of his journey for freedom to teach about a different type of freedom — freedom from […]
UA administrators honored for National Guard support
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Five University of Alabama administrators have been honored with Patriotic Employer awards from the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve or ESGR. The honorees include Judy Bonner, John McGowan, Louis Pitschmann, Teri Terry and Ashley Ewing. The awards were recently presented by ESGR volunteer James Ramage. The recipients […]
SPAWAR Helps Fleet Go Virtual
SAN DIEGO (NNS) — Instructors from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s (SPAWAR) Reserve Program provided the first of its kind virtualization training to Sailors, in preparation for receiving the latest information technology system known as the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES). Sailors from USS Pinckney (DDG 91), USS Higgins (DDG 76), USS […]
Thousands Of Potentially Malicious Android Apps Unearthed In Google Play
Indiana University researchers develop a new scanning technique dubbed ‘MassVet’ for vetting mobile app stores at scale. Security researchers from Indiana University, Bloomington, who recently disclosed multiple serious security flaws in iOS and OS X platforms have discovered what they say is an alarmingly high number of potentially harmful Android applications in Google’s Play store.