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A team of US technologists has developed an artificial intelligence tool that it says can help soldiers identify potential threats around them during combat missions. The researchers, who work at the US Army Research Laboratory in Maryland, claim that the system can help soldiers improve their skills 13 ...
So the Armed Forces turn to the United States Army's Cyber Command. ... The U.S. Army Cyber Command headquarters will relocate to Fort Gordon full time, centralizing the functions of multiple facilities in Augusta, says Cathy Vandermaarel, deputy chief of public affairs for the U.S. Army Cyber Command.

For Iraqis returning to Mosul, the homes missing roofs and walls, filled with rubble, are a reminder of what existed before ISIS took control of the city in 2014. To the U.S. Army that helped liberate the city — originally designed as a fortress — after a nine-month campaign, the ruins and a lingering threat are ...
U.S. Army soldiers sing the Army song during a welcome home ceremony at Fort Campbell,. Sam Shore/DVIDS. U.S. Army soldiers sing the Army song during a welcome home ceremony at Fort Campbell, Ky.. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Pinterest; Email. Leaders at an United States Army base in Kentucky ...
Why this U.S. Army veteran sees Warren Buffett as his "co... CNBC• April 27, 2018. A veteran U.S. Army pilot becomes an expert financial navigator with the help of Warren Buffett. “Warren Buffett: Investor. Teacher. Icon.” premieres May 4 | Friday 10P ET/PT.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Army is looking at ways to speed up UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter conversions from Lima models to the new Victor model, which would replace the older variant's analogue cockpit with a new digital one. This replacement better matches the capability of the UH-60 Mike ...

Then-U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges reiterated in 2017 in an interview with Defense News that while it would be nice to have a forward-stationed CAB by restoring the 12th CAB to its full size, money and assets would have to come from somewhere else. “ I'm not holding my breath,” ...
Spc. Richard Pena, a crew chief assigned to C Troop, 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Saber, conducts preflight inspections of an AH-64E Apache helicopter at Erbil, Iraq, on July 11, 2017. (Capt. Stephen James/U.S. Army). NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The U.S. Army has decided to delay its ...
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—The U.S. Army may ask industry to prove it can meet the requirements of the Fixed-Wing Utility Aircraft (FUA) program after it rejected Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) modified Beechcraft King Air 350CER on technical .
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers May Have Spilled More Than 470 Gallons of Oil Into the Columbia River. The Corps does not know where the oil went. Columbia River hydropower has drawn the eye of cryptocurrency miners. A dozen of them are seeking to open industrial-sized mines in The Dalles, Ore.
Security Force Assistance Brigades are opportunities for highly skilled Soldiers to join professional formations whose core mission is to train, assist, accompany and enable operations with allied and partner nations in order to develop their security force capabilities. Security Force Assistance Brigades do ...
FILE – In this Feb. 13, 2017, file photo, U.S. Army veteran Hector Barajas, who was deported, poses for a portrait in his office at the Deported Veterans Support House, nicknamed “the bunker” in Tijuana, Mexico.... (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File) More ...
Airbus has been contracted to deliver 51 Safran avionics-equipped UH-72A Lakotas to the U.S. Army. Photo courtesy of Safran. The U.S. Army has awarded two contracts to Airbus Helicopters to deliver a total of 51 UH-72A Lakotas, on which Safran Electronics & Defense, Avionics USA supplies avionics ...
89-year-old U.S. Army Airborne veteran Burgess Loar of Ovid, holds the Purple Heart Medal he received, Monday, March 26, 2018, at Ovid Healthcare Center in Ovid, during a ceremony in front of family, friends, fellow residents, and Ovid Healthcare Center staff where he resides. He earned the Purple ...
In future high-end conflicts, strategic mobility and tactical agility will be critical to U.S. Army operations. Based largely in the Continental United States, Army units will have to be moved by air and sea long distances to the theater of conflict. Once in theater, these units will have to be constantly on the move to ...
The US Army's Culture, Regional Expertise, and Language Management Office last year released a relatively even-handed study analyzing the drivers behind the current geopolitical tensions between the US and Russia, I recently found out. (Due to Nafeez Ahmed publishing an excellent piece on the ...
During the 2016 campaign, then-Candidate Trump distinguished himself because he rejected the failed status-quo policies of the post-9/11 world. His anti-establishment message resonated strongly with Americans and catapulted him to the White House. Trump's selection on Thursday of John Bolton to ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (AP) – Army officials say an incident involving a man who barricaded himself inside a home on a U.S. Army installation has been resolved after a 17-hour standoff. People living on four streets surrounding the home had to spend the night elsewhere as a precautionary ...
A sniper team engages targets from the top of a building facade during the U.S. Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competitition at Fort Bragg. [Sgt. Derek Hamilton/U.S. Army]. Hide caption. A Special Forces Sniper Course instructor observes the targets the member of a two-man ...
Our favorite low-ass bridge is back in the news, boys! Who is the unlucky victim this time? The United States Army, of course. Look, the U.S. Army might be formidable in other parts of the world, but not against this bridge. New and delicious video footage surfaced earlier this month, showing a U.S. Army ...
Dennis Wille, the Army G-3 strategic program chief for U.S. Army Europe, told an audience March 21 at the Booz Allen Hamilton Directed Energy Summit in Washington, that over the weekend the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment supported by the 7th Army Training Command and the Fires Center of ...
We have detailed all of these potential benefits of railguns in the past but usually in terms of how the Navy could employ such a system, not a land-centric force like the United States Army. But in actuality, the Army has just as much if not a greater need for railgun technology. If anything else, it would give the ...
While the US Army has an exceptional force to win the nation's wars, it lacks the ability to stabilize areas after conflict abates. Wars to dominate or impose the will of the United States on another state through pure military might comprises a diminishing segment of warfare and fails to consider all aspects of conflict, especially ...
The Army's new Long-Range Precision Fires modernization effort is looking at how to increase the range of cannon artillery among a variety of other efforts. (Spc. Gabrielle Weaver/U.S. Army). WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will demonstrate Long-Range Precision Fires technology from a precision-strike ...
An Avenger fires a Stinger missile during Artemis Strike, a live-fire exercise at the NATO Missile Firing Installation off the coast of Crete, Greece, on Nov. 6, 2017. (Sgt. 1st Class Jason Epperson/U.S. Army). WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army plans to choose an interim solution to meet a much-needed Short ...
NC Criminal Justice Major, Aspiring US Army Officer Shot While in SC. The criminal justice major and ... He received his airborne certification last year, with aspirations of being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the United States Army upon graduation, according to the University. “The University ...
The heads of the U.S. Army say they “won't stand for delays” on the multiservice Future Vertical Lift program, despite a re-phasing in the fiscal 2019 . ... Register now for free access to "U.S. Army Leadership 'Won't Stand' For Future Vertical Lift Delays" and other premium content selected daily by our editors ...
Sharpshooters from all Army components took part in the U.S. Army Small Arms Championship. The event takes place at Fort Benning, Georgia and is organized by the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit stationed at the Fort. Soldiers compete in Cadet, Novice, Open and Pro classes based on their experience.
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) - The platoon of Army Special Operations soldiers was on a routine night patrol in eastern Afghanistan when one of them suddenly opened fire on what looked to the others to be a bush. The bush, it turned out, had been obscuring a militant fighter. He was detectable only to the ...
St. Patrick's Day is ostensibly a religious occasion that is also intended to celebrate the accomplishments and culture of the Irish people, though in the US it's long been bastardized into quasi-synonymity with drunken debauchery. The US Army's official social media team apparently decided that this year's ...
Marvilla was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, shortly after celebrating his wedding. Overseas he was assigned as a clerk typist, writing letters of condolences to the families of the men that did not make it home. Speaking multiple languages, he also worked as an interpreter for U.S. troops to ...
The U.S. Army has awarded Ceradyne, Inc., a 3M company, an additional $34 million to continue supplying its ballistic helmet of the future. The Integrated Head Protection System (IHPS) – which Popular Mechanics described as straight out of science fiction – uses advanced materials, an ultramodern ...
The My Lai Massacre of March 16, 1968 claimed the lives of 504 Vietnamese civilians slaughtered by US army soldiers from Charlie Company of the 1st Battalion of the 20th Infantry Regiment in about four hours. The truth about the hideous crime found its way out due to pictures taken by a US army ...
(CHICAGO) — U.S. Army veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan is in danger of being deported after his application for citizenship was denied. Miguel Perez Jr., a native of Mexico, came to the United States legally when he was 8. He grew up in Chicago as a legal permanent resident and served two ...
Lockheed Martin announced it was awarded a seven-year USD3.5 billion contract to support US Army readiness and training at more than 300 locations worldwide. Under the Army Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations (TADSS) Maintenance Program (ATMP) the company has six months to ...
The heads of the U.S. Army say they “won't stand for delays” on the multiservice Future Vertical Lift program, despite a re-phasing in the fiscal 2019 . ... You must have an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) account or subscribe to this Market Briefing to access "U.S. Army Leadership 'Won't Stand' ...
Michael McGurk, director of Research & Analysis at the U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training in Fort Eustis, Virginia, said a comprehensive approach is required to best address the health and wellness needs of applicants, recruits and enlisted members. In early March, he told Club Industry the Army's ...
Fielded by the US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), the current MH-47G fleet comprises the 61 remanufactured Block 1 helicopters (62 were delivered – 35 CH-47Ds, 9 MH-47Ds, and 18 MH-47Es – although one was lost on operations in Afghanistan), as well as 8 newbuild MH-47Gs for a ...
The U.S. military is officially fighting wars in seven countries, according to the White House's latest war report. Known formally as the “Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks Guiding the United States' Military Force and Related National Security Operations,” the unclassified portion flags ops in ...
Having spent a lot of time on tanks, I would argue that pursuing technical solutions that don't account for the human dimension of sustained ground combat is a mistake. The four-soldier crew gives flexibility that three cannot. Pulling local security is a real requirement inside a tactical assembly area.
Six United States Army soldiers were caught in an avalanche Wednesday while training on mountain warfare, sending most of them to the hospital. The incident happened at Smugglers' Notch, a mountain pass in Vermont near the state's highest peak, Mount Mansfield. The Vermont National Guard, which ...
His unit is in Europe to support Atlantic Resolve, a U.S. Army Europe effort to deter aggression in the region. “Our brigade is here to show that we can move and project power across all of Europe,” Curry said. “When you can take an element from anywhere in Europe and push them like we have to the most ...
... so every soldier matters. Col. Rich Creed is director of the Army's Combined Arms Directorate at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A career armor officer, he has deployed to Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. This article represents his own views, which are not necessarily those of the U.S. Army or the Department of ...
Tijuana, Mexico - Looking around the room where Hector Barajas spends the majority of his time, you could easily forget you're in Mexico. American flags, G.I. Joes, and military dog tags line the walls. “I wanted to serve my country,” Barajas recalls, of his decision to join the United States military, where he ...
Brazil is to receive four Shorts C-23B+ Sherpa tactical transport aircraft that are being sold by the US Army as Excess Defense Articles (EDAs). Under the planned sale, which was announced by the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) on 13 March, the twin-turboprop airlifters will ...
Municipal leaders across the nation will be at attention when the U.S. Army soon announces a short list of cities that could be the home to the Army Futures Command — sort of a military innovation office. The Army Times reported that the command will be tasked with bringing new technologies online.
The U.S. Army is partnering with Harvard University in a joint research agreement that could lead to enhanced protection for military, law enforcement, and first responder personnel exposed to ballistic threats in the line of duty. A first phase of work under the agreement will evaluate the performance of ...
The United States Army will not meet its target of adding 80,000 active duty soldiers this year and has officially lowered that goal. But Army leaders say they have been able to persuade many experienced soldiers to stay in the military to satisfy a growing need for troops. Army Sergeant Major Daniel Dailey ...


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