JULY 25, 2025 - The Army's new close combat assault ration features a 39% volume reduction and 17% weight reduction compared to existing field rations, allowing warfighters to carry five days' worth of nutrition in a three-day footprint. The new, lightweight, energy packed, nutrient-dense, individual field ration, called the Close Combat Assault Ration, CCAR, is now available … [Read more...]
Yuma’s Rugged Terrain Great for Testing Armored Vehicles
JULY 25, 2025 - U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is at the forefront of the Army’s current transformation efforts. One important aspect of Army transformation involves mobility, and approximately 200 miles of surveyed road courses at U.S. Army Yuma Test Center (YTC) are being utilized to put the next generation of vehicles through their paces. YTC ‘s rugged conditions … [Read more...]
Army Using Next-Gen Tech for Modernization
JULY 24, 2025 — As part of the Army Transformation Initiative, the Army will re-invest up to $48 billion into the modernization of its next generation command and control within the next five to six years at a rate not done since the 1980s, said Gen. James Mingus, vice chief of staff of the Army, during a Landpower Dialogue at the Center for Strategic and International Studies … [Read more...]
US, NZ Army Leaders Strengthen Partnership
General Ronald P. Clark, Commanding General U.S. Army Pacific on board a Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopter on an overflight of the Waiouru Military Training Area. (CPL Rachel Pugh) JULY 23, 2025 - United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) Commanding General, General Ronald P. Clark, met this week with New Zealand Chief of Army, Major General Rose King, to reaffirm … [Read more...]
Army and Marines Train Together, Making Stronger Ties
JULY 23, 2025 - Confidence and mutual respect are the words to describe the working relationship between the Soldiers from the Airborne Test Force (ATF) at Yuma Test Center and the Marines from the Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) at Marine Corps Air Station-Yuma. The two branches serving in Yuma County recently worked together for a Helicopter Sling … [Read more...]