SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 - When Army Spc. David Marable greets new soldiers arriving at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, the Columbus, Georgia-native thinks about how challenging a move to Germany must be amid COVID-19 restrictions. Hundreds of unaccompanied soldiers spend roughly two weeks at Task Force Willkommen upon their arrival to Germany. Most are junior enlisted troops heading to … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 - Mahdi Al-Husseini had his whole career figured out as he enrolled in Georgia Institute of Technology back in 2013. He knew he would graduate with a joint degree in biomedical engineering and public policy before attending graduate school for computer science. From there, he planned to pursue a job in the defense and space industry. The idea of joining … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 - The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command assembled a team of experts to help Department of Defense additive manufacturers produce and procure medical materiel in response to equipment shortages in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis. Led by the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity’s Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 - Countries worldwide have been affected by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, with many large gatherings and events scrapped by the twin requirements of social distancing and protective equipment wear combined with the difficulty of near-constant sanitization. The military has not been able to avoid the pandemic’s reach, but with extra planning and effort, … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 - Army research has extended the state-of-the-art in autonomy by providing a more complete picture of how actions and nonverbal signals contribute to promoting cooperation. Researchers suggested guidelines for designing autonomous machines such as robots, self-driving cars, drones and personal assistants that will effectively collaborate with Soldiers. Dr. … [Read more...]