OCTOBER 1, 2018 - Former Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II will receive the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military medal for valor in combat, at a White House Ceremony at 3:00 p.m. EDT. Shurer, who served with the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), in Shok Valley, Afghanistan, is receiving the Medal of Honor for his acts of valor on April 6, 2008. Shurer risked his … [Read more...]
ACFT Ensures Soldiers Are Lethal, Physically Conditioned For Multi-Domain Operations
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 - The Army's most important weapons system is the Soldier. To overmatch the enemy in multi-domain operations, Soldiers must demonstrate physical fitness levels required for combat. The Army Combat Fitness Test ensures that Soldiers are physically conditioned for that fight. The ACFT will improve lethality, transform the Army's physical fitness culture, … [Read more...]
New Army Technology Guides Soldiers in Complete Darkness
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018, Adelphi, MD - Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory developed a new type of thermal imaging camera that allows Soldiers to see hidden objects that were previously undetectable. Dr. Kristan Gurton, an experimental physicist in the Computational and Information Sciences Directorate, and Dr. Sean Hu, an electronics engineer in the Sensors and … [Read more...]
Army Astronaut Prepares For December Launch
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018, Redstone Arsenal, AL - One soldier is proving childhood dreams can come true as she prepares to launch into space for her first time. Army Astronaut Lt. Col. Anne C. McClain, and her crewmates, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, are scheduled to launch Dec. 20 aboard the Soyuz MS-11 … [Read more...]
Army Scientists Discover Mathematics Of Brain Waves That Could Help PTSD
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018, Adelphi, MD - A U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientist has collaborated with a team of researchers from the University of North Texas to develop a new data processing technique that uses electroencephalogram, or EEG, time series variability as a measure of the state of the brain. The researchers say such a technique has the potential to provide measures … [Read more...]