AUGUST 18, 2021 - With the new school year approaching, it’s a good time to learn how School Support Services can help military families adjust to a new location and navigate a new school system. School Support Services provides Army school-aged youth with educational opportunities, resources, and information necessary to achieve academic success, according to … [Read more...]
Month-Long Training Aids In Developing Future Army Nurses
AUGUST 18, 2021 - Three Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets received a unique training experience this summer while participating in the Nurse Summer Training Program at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the only forward-stationed medical center for United States and Coalition Forces. The month-long program aims to introduce future Army nurses, currently … [Read more...]
Army Reserve Makes a Splash With Bridge Creation
AUGUST 12, 2021 – The 361st and 310th Multi-Role Bridge Companies (MRBC) under the 926th Engineer Brigade joined the South Carolina National Guard’s 125th MRBC at Fort Stewart last month in a breathtaking display of bridge creation so large military vehicles can cross a lake. Army engineers call the operation a Wet Gap Crossing. Engineer Soldiers secure and control an area … [Read more...]
Army Tests New Rail Car With M1 Abrams Tank
AUGUST 11, 2021 – The size and weight of Army combat equipment and vehicles can be a challenge in the European theater of operations, especially during transport. The newest M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tank – fielded in 2020 – for example, is heavier than its predecessors, weighing in at more than 73 tons. To meet these challenges and help ensure U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s … [Read more...]
US – Israeli Training Builds Readiness
AUGUST 10, 2021 - Army and Air Force civil engineers recently partnered with Israeli Air Force engineers to successfully test new airfield damage repair technologies in Israel. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa engineers trained their Israeli counterparts on the installation … [Read more...]