JUNE 28, 2022 – Recent history and some hustle enabled the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team to train on Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided anti-tank missiles during annual training. “The proliferation and effectiveness of Anti-tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) in the war in Ukraine led us to re-evaluate our squadron gunnery priorities,” … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2022
U.S. Marines Redesignate Littoral Combat Team
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Timothy S. Brady Jr, right, commanding officer, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, Lt. Col. Adam R. Sacchetti, middle, commanding officer, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, and Lt. Col. Andrew Gourgoumis, left, salute for pass in review during the unit’s redesignation ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 23, 2022. 1/3 redesignated to the 3rd Littoral Combat Team … [Read more...]
Navy Locates Wrecksite of WWII Destroyer Off Philippines Coast
JUNE 28, 2022 - Seventy-eight years after its loss during World War II, the U.S. Navy confirmed June 25, 2022, the location of USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413). As announced on Twitter June 24 by retired naval officer and underwater explorer Victor Vescovo, he and a team from the undersea technology company Caladan Oceanic located the destroyer escort ship more than four miles … [Read more...]
LMRC Research Aims to Aid Deployed Females
JUNE 28, 2022 - In 2021, nearly 230,000 women were serving on active duty across the military services. Today’s global threats, radical terrorism, and projected future battlespace have led to a more lethal force requirement. Historically, creating a more lethal force involved the male warfighter. The need for warfighters to operate in hostile environments, where it is … [Read more...]
Space-Available Flights Are Reinstated
JUNE 28, 2022 – Air Mobility Command reinstated the pre-pandemic Space-Available travel program, allowing service members to apply for free flights to the U.S. and abroad effective April 14, 2022. The program’s eligibility categories include, but are not limited to, service members taking emergency leave unfunded travel, permissive temporary duty, and post-deployment … [Read more...]