AUGUST 8, 2016, FORT BENNING, Ga. - Second lieutenants entering the Infantry Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Benning can now participate in a study that will determine if omega-3 supplementation improves cognitive processes in high-performing warfighters. The Ranger Resilience and Improved Performance on phospholipid bound Omega-3s study, conducted by the Medical … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
Camp Pendleton Conducts Citadel Rumble 2016
AUGUST 8, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations – West, conducted Exercise Citadel Rumble 2016, Aug. 2-5,2016. Exercise Citadel Rumble is an integrated disaster response and recovery exercise for emergency response plans, polices, and procedures as they pertain to an all-hazards event. “The … [Read more...]
Vermont and Massachusetts National Guards Conduct Live-Fire Exercise of Picatinny Howitzers
AUGUST 8, 2016, PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Working with Picatinny Arsenal, Vermont and Massachusetts National Guard Soldiers fired live rounds with new M777A2 and M119A3 howitzers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix on July 27. The live-fire exercise marked the conclusion of an 18-day training, in which new equipment training (NET) instructors taught members of both National Guards how … [Read more...]
Future Helicopter Engine: Less Weight, More Power
AUGUST 8, 2016, REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. - After more than eight years of designing and testing, the Army's aviation priority takes a step toward becoming a reality. The Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine program is a 3,000-horsepower engine demonstrator program to provide advanced propulsion capability for future Army rotorcraft platforms. AATE focuses on developing a new, … [Read more...]
Navy Announces Elimination of Navy Working Uniform Type I
AUGUST 5, 2016, WASHINGTON (NNS) - Today, the Navy announced in NAVADMIN 174/16 that it will transition from the (NWU) Navy Working Uniform Type I to the NWU Type III as the service's primary shore working uniform beginning Oct. 1, 2016. Over the next three years, Sailors may wear either the NWU Type I or III, but effective Oct. 1, 2019, all Sailors will be expected to wear … [Read more...]