WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 29, 2015) - When the Army's chief of staff retires this August, he said one thing he will be leaving for his successor is the unfinished business of how big the Army will be and how it will be appropriated. "I thought by now we would have had that resolved," said Odierno, adding that uncertainty about the final size of the Army has brought … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2015
Army’s Mid-Tier Radio Advances Battlefield Network
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 29, 2015) - With vehicles that are equipped with a new high-bandwidth networking radio, Soldiers can move across the battlefield, rapidly exchanging mission-critical voice messages, images and video with their commanders. Using line-of-sight communications waveforms that are not dependent on satellites, mid-tier networking vehicular radios, … [Read more...]
RTC Barbers at the Cutting Edge of Boot Camp
MAY 29, 2015, GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) - Though recruits face many uncertainties upon first arriving to Recruit Training Command, the Navy's only boot camp, there's one thing of which the males can be certain: They will get their heads shaved. Having the honor of exposing their scalps during this long-standing military rite are six Navy Exchange barbers with 85 years of … [Read more...]
Further, Faster with More: Special Forces Appreciates Osprey’s Capabilities
TORII STATION, Okinawa (May 29, 2015) - Among the first special operators to commence the opening salvo against terrorists in Afghanistan, Oct. 19, 2001, were Green Berets, from the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, whose motto, "First in Asia," is particularly apt. Since then, these professional Soldiers have been consistently engaged in the war on terrorism in areas … [Read more...]
SecAF to cadets: ‘Lead Us Into The Future’
MAY 29, 2015, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Cadets graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy as second lieutenants are entering the profession of arms at a time of unprecedented change and challenges, said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James to the Class of 2015 May 28, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Delivering the commencement speech at the Academy’s Falcon Stadium, … [Read more...]