AUGUST 4, 2020 - The Army’s chief of staff discussed how to win in great power competition within the Indo-Pacific region Friday after he traveled there earlier this month to meet with military leaders. Indo-Pacific is currently the U.S. military’s highest-priority theater, where near-peer adversaries, China and Russia, have significant influence. “The last thing that … [Read more...]
Same Day Service Restores Helicopters to Mission Capable Status
AUGUST 3, 2020 - A rapid response team from Tobyhanna Army Depot increased Soldier readiness by conducting critical repair work on rotary wing aircraft assigned to an Army unit at Fort Drum, New York. Two technicians volunteered to travel north to repair transponders in several aircraft recently transferred to the 10th Mountain Division’s 10th Combat Aviation Brigade. Within … [Read more...]
USMC RailOps Transports Tanks and Other Heavy Equipment to Army
JULY 31, 2020 - As part of the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030, nearly 200 M1A1 Abrams Tanks, M-88 Recovery Vehicles, and Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges are moving through Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California throughout this month. “The tanks currently assigned to 1st Marine Division, Exercise Support Division, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat … [Read more...]
West Point Cadets Conduct New Army Rifle Qualification Test
JULY 30, 2020 - As the first target pops up during the new Army Rifle Qualification Test, the U.S. Military Academy cadets taking part fire one round each before immediately dropping into an unsupported prone position. There, they fire nine more times before reloading and switching to a supported prone position with their weapons resting on a sandbag. Ten shots and a … [Read more...]
Cloud Migration Modernizes Army’s Financial Enterprise
JULY 29, 2020 - The Army’s latest cloud migration launched this month, as the force’s financial enterprise system moved over 30 terabytes of data from outdated storage centers to a modern cloud environment seven months ahead of schedule, said the program’s top officer. The Army’s General Fund Enterprise Business System, or GFEBS, migrating to the cloud is the “first and … [Read more...]