DECEMBER 29, 2017, Washington D.C. - Anti-access, area-denial, also known as A2AD, methods are used by enemy forces to slow or stop an invasion through such things as the placement of mines in the seabed near shore and concealment of forces inland. New littoral and inland mapping tools are being developed by Army researchers to breach some of the A2AD threats. Experts spoke … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2017
Second Troop Rotation Arrives in Poland to Support Atlantic Resolve
DECEMBER 28, 2017, Powidz, Poland - The second nine-month rotation of the Atlantic Resolve Sustainment Task Force, attached to the 16th Sustainment Brigade, began earlier this month as the incoming rotation commenced reception, staging, onward movement and integration operations in Powidz and Poznan, Poland, beginning December 2017. The incoming task force features soldiers … [Read more...]
Coalition Partner Forces Clear ISIS Caves in Southern Syria
DECEMBER 27, 2017, Southwest Asia - In partnership with coalition forces, the Maghawir al-Thawra conducted a series of ground clearance operations Dec. 23 to drive Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terrorists out of the Hamad Desert in southern Syria, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. The Maghawir al-Thawra, a vetted Syrian … [Read more...]
At Armed Forces Bowl, Exchange Continues to Welcome Veterans Home to Military Family
DECEMBER 27, 2017, Fort Worth, TX - For the first time in its 122-year history, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is being featured in a national campaign focused on welcoming home all honorably discharged Veterans to their military family. The 30-second TV commercials, which debuted Dec. 23 on ESPN during the 2017 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, thank Veterans for … [Read more...]
Chairman’s USO Holiday Tour Entertains Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq
DECEMBER 26, 2017, Q-WEST, Iraq - “We could not bring you home for Christmas, so we decided to bring a little bit of home to you,” Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford said yesterday on Christmas to service members here at this base near Mosul. That’s the heart of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s annual USO Holiday Tour playing in Iraq after putting on shows in … [Read more...]