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The National Interest Online (blog)
April 2, 2018
The Army and Navy are operating together in the Pacific to fire ground artillery from Navy ships, send targeting data to land weapons from Navy sensors ... Ferrari explained that these experimental “teams” are combining air defense units, ground combat units, cyber units and artillery units and putting themÃâà...
Breaking Defense
March 31, 2018
Can the Army develop a Robotic Combat Vehicle within six years? Some of the experts we spoke to were deeply skeptical, including veteran congressional staffers badly burned by past acquisition disasters. Some, however, said the Army's goal was achievable — but the early models will require a lot ofÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 30, 2018
Egyptian students and Air Force Academy graduates attend the graduation of 83 aviation and military science cadets at the Air Force Academy in Cairo, ... Conscript) campaign has continued to seek to convince officials to accept Egyptian women as soldiers and officers in combat units of the armed forces.
Task & Purpose
March 29, 2018
The Army has an incentive to embrace the system. Ever since U.S. Army Europe identified a major-air defense gap in Eastern Europe after Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, the Pentagon has been racing to deploy upgunned combat vehicles to NATO countries, including Stryker dragoons with 30mmÃâà...
TASS
March 29, 2018
The second-generation Ratnik combat gear has been arriving for Russia's ground forces, the Airborne Force and marines since 2016. An advanced Ratnik-3 combat gear with an integral exoskeleton and a helmet visor-mounted target designation system is currently being developed for Russia's ArmedÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
March 28, 2018
By late 2019, the U.S. Army could field up to three manned and unmanned combat vehicles to help determine the future of heavy army fighting vehicles. ... According to Military.com by late fiscal year 2019 the Army will introduce one manned and two unmanned combat vehicles for testing by the service'sÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 25, 2018
In the end, the answers to “how do we build a powerful army” remain painfully simple. States that have access to enthusiastic populations with high human capital, that can cull the most innovative technologies from robust, modern economies, and that can structure their civil-military relations withÃâà...
HuffPost
March 12, 2018
The nonprofit opened its first full-service grocery store in Baltimore on Wednesday in what it hopes will be the first of many stores to help combat the nation's number of “food deserts,” which are ... Gene A. Hogg, the Salvation Army's Central Maryland area commander, told HuffPost on Monday. Couldn't beÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 12, 2018
Female paratroopers with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, conduct a jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Since the Army began to allow women in direct-combat units in 2016, more than 600 women have joined infantry and armor units, Gen. JamesÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 12, 2018
Faulkner is awaiting disability ratings by the military and the Department of Veterans Affairs for combat post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, a fractured spine and other ailments. Although Wounded Warrior officials are trying to administratively separate him from the Marines on anÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 12, 2018
Army Spc. John Fogle recovers at the 249th General Hospital at Camp Drake, Japan, in 1969 from wounds he received in Vietnam. Thanks to the Vietnam Vascular Registry, developed by Dr. Norm Rich of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Fogle was recently able to track down the name of theÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 12, 2018
The course is coordinated by Task Group Taji and is taught by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps personnel, who are assisted by U.S. Air Force tactical air control party joint terminal attack controllers. The U.S. Army's 449th Combat Aviation Brigade supported the live-fire exercise by providing anÃâà...
Military Times
March 11, 2018
Special operators of the Afghan National Mission Brigade prepare for a nighttime, live-fire training exercise at a training complex near Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 12. The Afghan Special Security Forces often operate at night in complex urban areas and arduous mountain terrain. (Spc. Austin T. Boucher/Army).
Sputnik International
March 11, 2018
Israeli Feminists Froth at Mouth as Army Removes VIDEO Lauding Women in Combat ... draft women in addition to men, were criticized sharply on Saturday after they removed a feminist air force video, previously shared on social networks, which lauded female soldiers' contributions in the military sphere.
New York Times
March 11, 2018
Today, some of Mr. Fay's paintings hang in the Combat Art Gallery, part of a new wing added last year to the National Museum of the Marine Corps, adjacent to the ... Political debates about Syria and the rising North Korean threat have increased interest in the Marines and military service in recent years.
OCRegister
March 6, 2018
CAMP PENDLETON — For the first time in Marine Corps history, female Marines on Tuesday, March 6 checked into the Marine Combat Training Battalion ... In January 2016, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that all gender-based restrictions on military service were lifted, clearing the way forÃâà...
Department of Defense
March 6, 2018
A human resources specialist at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center here, Giron is responsible for providing support that affects soldiers' overall welfare and well-being while assisting leaders with keeping soldiers combat-ready and effective. Giron enlisted in the Army in 2013 from her hometown ofÃâà...
IEEE Spectrum
March 6, 2018
The U.S. Army asked for a detailed report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that analyzes potential risks from these devices, especially to dismounted infantry (that is, foot soldiers) and lightly armored vehicles. For example, hobby drones could be fitted with lethalÃâà...
Military Times
March 6, 2018
Infantrymen assigned to 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, stand ready to fire their M240L machine gun. The machine gun crew provided support during squad room-clearing procedures at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain site at SchofieldÃâà...
Modesto Bee
March 4, 2018
Knights (not likely in white satin) return to the Mother Lode next weekend, armed with lances and ready to wage war. And those fully armored jousters aren't messing around at this year's Sonora Celtic Faire. Competitors from History Channel's “Full Metal Joust” have challenged some of the stars from theÃâà...
SlashGear
March 3, 2018
Microsoft has launched a new wireless controller for the Xbox One, this one featuring the company's new Combat Tech design. The company introduced the wireless controller Tech Series in 2017, which features special edition models that have designs inspired by combat and military technology. This newÃâà...
ABC Action News
March 3, 2018
First responders for human trafficking? The Salvation Army has a new initiative to help survivors. It's yet another sad reality of human trafficking. Agencies that want to help survivors don't know where to take them. “Law enforcement would have to take them to jail," said Edie Rhea, "Sometimes they wouldn'tÃâà...
ArmyTimes.com
March 2, 2018
An Army combat medics trains at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in February. The Army is piloting a new expeditionary combat course inspired by special operations casualty care. (Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook/Air Force). For the past two decades, Army combat medics have been training to keep injured soldiersÃâà...
Business Insider
March 1, 2018
US military leaders who attended a classified exercise in Hawaii learned that a war with North Korea could result in around 10,000 American combat-related casualties in the opening days, according to a New York Times report published on Wednesday. The tabletop exercise (TTX), which tests hypotheticalÃâà...
Task & Purpose
February 21, 2018
The Army's nascent gender-neutral Combat Readiness Test is based on the philosophy that male and female soldiers will have to perform the same tasks ... the Army needs soldiers to do for their jobs, said Michael McGurk, director of research and analysis at the U.S. Army Center for Initial Military training.
War on the Rocks
December 31, 1999
Ten Ways to Fix the U.S. Military's Close Combat Lethality .... The Army and Marines' new close combat unit manning model needs to ensure 100 percent stabilized staffing, while increasing the efficiency of transitioning non-deployable personnel and providing the necessary professional resources toÃâà...