Operators lift the last palletized 155mm projectile containing VX nerve agent to place it in a tray to begin the destruction process at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in this file photo from May 2021. Between the Colorado and Kentucky plants, the Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives has destroyed 75% of the remaining U.S. … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2023
TRADOC and the Release of FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency
JULY 10, 2023 - The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States were a watershed in U.S. history. Though terrorist attacks on the American homeland and its global assets were not unique, they were neither common nor large scale. The 9/11 attacks prompted a U.S. counterattack in fall 2001 against Afghanistan, which was the haven and training ground for the 19 Al … [Read more...]
KC-135 Serves as Platform for Missions Over Europe
JULY 10, 2023 - Aeromedical Evacuation technicians with the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assigned to Ramstein Air Base, sharpened their skills during a routine refueling flight in a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 93rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, June 27, over the skies of Germany and the Netherlands. The 86th AES provides critical medical care to … [Read more...]
Memorial Dedication Honors Gold Star Families
Photo By Lira Frye | Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, thanks Gold Star Family members who have lost loved ones in their service to the country. Karbler spoke on July 8 during a dedication ceremony for the Decatur/Morgan County Gold Star Families Monument at Founder’s Park in Decatur, Alabama. (U.S. Army photo by Lira B. … [Read more...]
Ridge Runner Builds Readiness for Guard Special Forces
JULY 10, 2023 – The wind danced through the trees as pewter-colored clouds hinted at heavy rain. Soldiers went about their duties at a rocket launcher site on a hillside clearing in an otherwise thickly forested area. Aside from the trees, all was quiet. But as the wind gusted again, Soldiers with the 19th Special Forces Group suddenly appeared from the woods in a coordinated … [Read more...]