Defense News in Brief: NU-1B Otter

Source: United States Navy

The success with the DHC-2 Beaver persuaded de Havilland Canada, in the late 1940s, that there was room in the STOL utility market for a larger version of the Beaver, with cabin space for some 14 passengers or a freight load of up to 2,240 lbs. The company therefore developed the DHC-3 Otter.

Security News in Brief: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces Results of Monitor Review

Source: United States Department of Justice News

Today, at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual meeting, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the results of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta’s review of the use of monitors in civil settlement agreements and consent decrees with state and local governmental entities. In a memo to the Attorney General, the Associate recommended 19 separate actions that the department should take to improve its use of monitors in these cases.

Defense News in Brief: Son Carries on Father’s 9/11 Legacy Aboard USS New York (LPD 21)

Source: United States Navy

NORFOLK, Va. The asymmetrical steel slab with its crimson and blue background looms over USS New York’s (LPD 19) amphibious well deck. Like the city it came from, it is a visual presence impossible to ignore. Its creator, Richard Othmer, meant it to be so. With help from several others, the retired New York City fireman, recovered the symbolic steel from the remnants of Ground Zero and engraved upon it the names of all first responders who gave their lives to rescue those trapped inside the World Trade Center towers.