AUGUST 2, 2017, FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Successful implementation of new body armor technology requires more than just engineers designing prototype systems in a lab. Feedback from Soldiers who will be using the technology is critical to ensuring that the U.S. Army continues to field world-class technology for its fighters. Recently, Airborne Soldiers here played a vital part in … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2017
F.E. Warren AFB Tests Minuteman III Missile with Launch from Vandenberg
AUGUST 2, 2017, BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. (AFNS) - A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a single test reentry vehicle Aug. 2, 2017 at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time from Vandenberg AFB, California. While not a … [Read more...]
Artillery Units Embrace Hide and Seek Tactics to Gain Decisive Edge
AUGUST 2, 2017, GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, Germany - Self-propelled artillery batteries from 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, have become proficient in eluding enemy forces following two consecutive multinational exercises in Germany and Romania, where the unit exploited its mobility and survivability skills using hide and seek tactics. "We've adopted new … [Read more...]
Exercise Saxon Warrior ’17 Begins
AUGUST 2, 2017, ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) - The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) began participation in Exercise Saxon Warrior '17, Aug. 1. Saxon Warrior is an exercise designed to develop theater-specific combat skills, as well as enhance cooperation between U.S. and U.K. forces and governmental agencies. Led by the Royal Navy's Flag Officer Sea Training … [Read more...]
Army Fields New Weapon Sight that Wirelessly Pairs with Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III
AUGUST 1, 2017, FORT BELVOIR, Va. - In the next 18 months or so, the Army expects to field two new systems to dismounted Soldiers that will allow for more rapid acquisition of targets, even those hidden by darkness, smoke or fog. First out of the gate will be the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III, expected to be fielded sometime between April and June of 2018. Shortly after, … [Read more...]