MAY 4, 2020 - The Army successfully held its third precision strike missile test Thursday morning, hitting its close-range target of 85 kilometres, enabling the Army to keep its 2023 fielding deadline on track. The latest test, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, was “the shortest and most challenging yet,” said Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, director of the Army’s Long … [Read more...]

MAY 1, 2020 - The Army aims to soon resume collective training and hold a ceremony for graduating West Point cadets, after the recent success of measures safeguarding new recruits at training centers. In a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy said a proposed risk mitigation framework that outlines a safe return to exercises is being finalized, with the … [Read more...]

APRIL 29, 2020 - In a rare virtual ceremony, the Army’s latest security force assistance brigade to stand up officially activated Tuesday as it prepares to deploy to Afghanistan this fall. The 4th SFAB, based at Fort Carson, is the fifth of six similar units to stand up after the Army activated the first one in 2018, as part of a re-focused train, assist and advise strategy … [Read more...]

APRIL 24, 2020 - As Col. Andrew Morgan gazed out of the open hatch into the cold vastness of space, he looked toward the earth and saw what many astronauts before him had seen: a planet without borders. “It’s very similar to looking out the ramp of a C-130,” said Morgan from inside a quarantine facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “It was a spectacular view, one … [Read more...]

APRIL 23, 2020 - Now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense, and many governors are recommending that people wear face coverings when out in public and unable to maintain proper social distancing, the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Chemical Biological Center is using its more than 100 years of experience designing chemical … [Read more...]