MARCH 21, 2022 – For this year’s National Poison Prevention Awareness Week, observed March 20-26, 2022, the Army Public Health Center encourages awareness of the poisonings that occur every day to members of the Army family. While many are familiar with the problem of poisonings among children, poisonings are actually a leading cause of injury hospitalizations among … [Read more...]
Readiness Exercise Tests Fort Hood’s Energy Resilience
MARCH 19, 2022 - With dozens gathered in the Emergency Operations Center here, the garrison commander asks for a conditions check leading up the start of the Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise March 15. It’s an early Tuesday morning, and with a nod, Col. Chad R. Foster, garrison commander, signals for the power to be shut off. The exercise which would test Fort Hood’s … [Read more...]
Equipment Issued to Soldiers for Use in Salaknib 22
MARCH 17, 2022 - Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division drew equipment from Army Prepositioned Stock-3, also known as APS afloat, for use during Salaknib 22, which kicked off March 5. Salaknib is an annual bilateral exercise led by the Philippine Army and sponsored by U.S. Army Pacific designed to enhance U.S. and Philippine Army capacity … [Read more...]
Army Golden Knights Celebrate Women’s History Month
MARCH 17, 2022 - From the battlefields of the American Revolutionary to now in our current conflicts all over the nation; women have been serving in the military in one form or another for more than 200 years. Two women from the U. S. Army Parachute Team reflect on their experiences and hopes for future women jumpers during this year’s Women’s History Month. The USAPT, … [Read more...]
Guam Deploys First THAAD Remote Launch Capability
MARCH 17, 2022 — In a first-ever operation, the air defenders of the E-3 Air Defense Battery used the newly developed Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, remote launch capability to expand their ability to defend the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Over four days, E Battery in cooperation with Joint Region Marianas, Pacific Air Forces, multiple Air … [Read more...]