MAY 8, 2024 - Senior leadership from U.S. Special Operations Command today emphasized the significant role that partnership plays in accomplishing the mission of special operations forces during keynote remarks at the start of Special Operations Forces Week 2024 in Tampa, Florida. While delivering a joint speech to roughly 3,000 convention attendees, Army Gen. Bryan P. … [Read more...]
Yuma Proving Ground Testing Cutting-Edge Turret System
MAY 8, 2024 - In a potentially significant stride forward in military technology, Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is testing a cutting-edge Modular Turreted Mortar System (MTMS). According to Kevin Irr, a test officer from the Munitions and Weapons Division, intensive evaluations are currently underway to ensure the MTMS system meets performance expectations for an upcoming … [Read more...]
Army Aviation Reaches Navigation Milestone
MAY 7, 2024 - The Army’s Project Management (PM) Office for Aviation Mission Systems and Architecture (AMSA) received a statement of airworthiness qualification (SAQ) for the EAGLE-M, the Army’s critical next generation aviation navigation system. The Systems Readiness Directorate at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama published the document on April 25, 2024. In addition to the SAQ, … [Read more...]
Navy Beats Army in Annual Best Warrior Competition
MAY 6, 2024 – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Michael O’Connell took first place in the noncommissioned officer category at this year’s U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, April 2024. O’Connell, a special operations independent duty corpsman and instructor with the Naval Special Operations … [Read more...]
Rough Seas Off Gaza Slows Temporary Pier Construction
MAY 4, 2024 - Construction of a temporary humanitarian aid pier for Gaza will continue after the Army had to relocate the construction site due to forecasted high seas, U.S. Central Command announced yesterday. Construction of the temporary pier — which is part of the U.S. military's Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore capability — has moved to the Israeli Port of Ashdod, just … [Read more...]