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With the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and I was both sobered and renewed by the way the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) remembered the eight people it lost during the attack on the Pentagon in a simple but eloquent ceremony at the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMIC). What impressed me was the palpable sense of mission at ONI driven by personal loses that is motivating my shipmates at Naval Intelligence to both punish those who attacked us on 9/11 and to protect our nation's flank from a deadly disruptive maritime attack. Given what I know about the rest of the IC I don't believe that ONI is unique in the IC with its sense of mission for protecting our security, but rather emblematic of a community that is doing a difficult job as best it can. Having been a part Naval Intelligence that wore down and wore out the Soviet naval strategic threat to the free world, I drove away from Suitland feeling not just connected to this current generation of intelligence professionals, but confident that that the security of our nation is in good hands.

DARPA's Transformative Apps program is taking the Android to new places and will help keep warfighters out of harm's way. Much like its commercial counterparts, these apps will provide capabilities that the users didn't even realize they needed until they were in the palms of their hands. And best of all, new apps can be suggested, created and delivered in days rather than months because of an innovative production process.

No more guessing games when it comes to military pay. The MilPay app for the iPhone and iPad breaks down basic pay, housing allowances and special pay using official data from the Defense Department.

Rear Adm. Herman A. Shelanski, USN, has been assigned as commander, Carrier Strike Group Ten, Norfolk, Virginia.

Laser Energetics, Mercerville, New Jersey, has appointed John J. Harvey Jr. as vice president of its Dazer Laser Strategic Business Unit.

David Shedd has been named deputy director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Arlington, Virginia.

Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Florida, has named Mike Deloney vice president and general manager of Department of Defense Programs for its IT ser

The Missile Defense Agency recently announced the award of a contract modification to the Boeing Company, Huntsville, Alabama.

ManTech International Corporation recently announced that it has received a task order under its Strategic Services Sourcing prime contract to provide Base Expedition

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Incorporated recently announced that it has received a U.S. Navy services contract to perform information techn