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...]

MARCH 31, 2022 – Air Defense Artillery Soldiers from Fort Bliss, Texas here are testing a new equipment system linking sensors with shooters across the battlefield. Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment are working with the Bliss-based Air and Missile Defense Test Directorate of the Fort Hood, Texas-based U.S. Army Operational Test Command on the … [Read more...]