NOVEMBER 24, 2020 - Soldiers from the famed 2-506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) descended on the Bell Helicopter Flight Research Center to take a look at the V-280 Valor. Designed and built under the Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program, the Valor has flown more than 190 hours demonstrating the … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 20, 2020 - The Army’s G-8 said he has high hopes for modernization efforts heading into the next year, despite potential budget cuts that could impact them as well as future end strength and force readiness. “We’re on the path to deliver the capabilities our Soldiers require to fight and win,” said Lt. Gen. James Pasquarette during an Association of the U.S. Army … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 20, 2020 - The first class of basic combat trainees to graduate wearing the new Army Green Service Uniform (AGSU) showed off their threads Nov. 16, during a ceremony at Fort Sill. Almost 200 Soldiers from A Battery, 1st Battalion, 79th Field Artillery completed their 10-week basic combat training. The 434th Field Artillery command team and many of the drill … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - U.S. Army astronaut Lt. Col. Anne C. McClain received the Army astronaut device from Gen. James H. Dickinson, commander, U.S. Space Command during a brief ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Nov 10. McClain is currently the only active duty Soldier who has been presented the device, considered the rarest qualification device any Army … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 18, 2020 - United States Department of Defense and Army leadership weathered a tropical storm and pandemic to visit Soldier Touchpoint 3 of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) at Fort Pickett this October. Representative Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, spoke to a group of Soldiers, Marines, and team members … [Read more...]