APRIL 5, 2022 – U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Soldiers trained for long-range explosive clearance missions with snipers from an FBI SWAT team. FBI snipers from the FBI Office in Stillwater, Oklahoma, helped Soldiers from the 761st Ordnance Company (EOD) to hone their skills with the M107 50-caliber sniper rifle for surface munition disruption missions. Spc. Dalton … [Read more...]

APRIL 4, 2022 – Airborne equipment testers here are busy with Special Operations Soldiers testing the Army’s newest Enhanced Electronic Automatic Activation Device (EEAAD). The Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) is gathering data from the operational user to support an Army-wide fielding decision to replace the aging reserve automatic activation … [Read more...]

APRIL 1, 2022 – Warriors of the 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command took on the challenge of the Blackjack Squad and Warrior Competition which ran from March 26 through March 31, at Fort Bliss’ McGregor Range. Each year the Blackjack Squad and Warrior Competition brings together competitors representing the four brigades and over 10,000 Soldiers of the 32nd Army Air and … [Read more...]

APRIL 1, 2022 — The new Army fiscal year 2023 budget focuses on enabling integrated deterrence, executing global campaigning, and building enduring advantages. The $178 billion budget, released on Monday, is an increase of $2.8 billion from fiscal 2022. “The FY23 budget is a positive one for the Army, because it really lets us do two things simultaneously,” said Army … [Read more...]

MARCH 31, 2022 - The Army’s newest physical fitness test has changed just days before test scores were set to become record for Soldiers taking the test. On March 23, the Army released the newest test events and timelines for the test to be taken for record. The biggest changes included the replacement of the leg tuck event with the plank, inclusion of age and gender … [Read more...]