JUNE 23, 2016, FORT BENNING, Ga. - During the month of June, nine squads of Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th Ranger Regiment are participating in an integrated training program at Fort Benning that focuses on human performance enhancement. The Squad Overmatch Study - Tactical Combat Casualty Care, in its second year as part of the Army Warfighting … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
ACC: F-35 on Track for IOC
JUNE 23, 2016, JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (AFNS) - The F-35A Lightning II is on track to declare initial operational capability between August and December. IOC is the first step Air Combat Command will take in bringing the F-35 online as the latest fifth-generation multirole fighter. In IOC configuration, the aircraft will be able to penetrate areas with developed air … [Read more...]
Army Updates Cyber Electromagnetic Activities Regulation
JUNE 23, 2016, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - In response to the emerging concept of cyber electromagnetic activities, or CEMA, the Army has updated, renamed and published Army Regulation 525-15. Now titled "Software Reprogramming for Cyber Electromagnetic Activities," the revised regulation focuses on supporting the integrated multi-mission nature of CEMA through … [Read more...]
Army Develops Critical Components for Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System
JUNE 21, 2016, REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - In need of a Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System that is man-portable and capable of neutralizing or eliminating combatants? The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center assists in ensuring state-of-the art critical components exist for potential vendors. More than 40 AMRDEC researchers and … [Read more...]
External Lifts Expand HMHT-302’s Capabilities
JUNE 21, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302 and Combat Logistics Battalion 6 conducted external lifts at Landing Zone Albatross on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 9, 2016. “The squadron’s mindset is focused on training new crew chiefs and pilots in order to maintain a mission-ready mindset,” … [Read more...]