FORT BRAGG, N.C. (May 30, 2013) -- The Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate conducted a rigorous operational test recently on the new Military Free Fall Advanced Ram-Air Parachute System, a non-developmental item that is about to replace the nearly 20-year-old MC-4 parachute system for all service branches, according to the test officer. Supported by 30 static line … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2013
Army Senior Leaders Discuss Fiscal Priorities, Support for Force During Visit to Italy
VICENZA, Italy (May 30, 2013) -- Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal, Ph.D., and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. John F. Campbell met with Soldiers and the civilian work force here May 28 to discuss current Army priorities and gain situational awareness of key initiatives and programs. The pair was on the first portion of a visit to Afghanistan to observe the … [Read more...]
Army Renews Project Warrior Program
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (May 30, 2013) -- The Army is restarting a program to pass on insights and knowledge from the Combat Training Centers to benefit the U.S. Training and Doctrine Command Centers of Excellence and the force. In May, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno announced the re-establishment of Project Warrior to help the Army transition from a force focused on … [Read more...]
Special Ops Commanders Seek Intel and Data-Sharing Assets
5/30/2013 - TAMPA, Fla. (AFNS) -- Senior commanders recently called on the defense industry to provide technologies that give special operations forces more situational awareness, better networking and communications and more precise location and targeting capabilities. Officials from across U.S. Special Operations Command, including commanders of its service components and … [Read more...]
USFF, PACFLT Announce Shipboard Organizational Clothing Update
NORFOLK, Va. (NNS, 5/30/2013) - U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) and U.S. Pacific Fleet (CPF) announced the recommendations from a working group's review on the requirements and the flame-resistant qualities of fleet organizational clothing, May 29. Adm. Bill Gortney, USFF commander, and Adm. Cecil Haney, CPF commander, ordered the working group in January after an impromptu test by … [Read more...]