FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. (Aug. 6, 2015) -- Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, partnered with the 91st Training Support Division, July 10 through Aug. 7, during Warrior Exercise, or WAREX, 15-03. Lt. Col. Paul McCarthy, deputy commanding officer, 91st Training Support Division, said the WAREX was … [Read more...]

POINT MUGU, Calif. (Aug. 5, 2015) -- Small, unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, are easy to obtain and launch and they're hard to detect on radar, making them of particular concern to the Department of Defense, according to officials taking part in the Black Dart 2015 counter-UAS demonstration. Black Dart 2015, which began July 26, and runs to Aug. 7, is DOD's largest live-fly, … [Read more...]

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Aug. 5, 2015) -- The U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence announced, July 31, that 125 men and two women met the standards to complete the Mountain Phase of the Ranger Course. These students will move onto the Swamp Phase of Ranger School, Aug. 2, located at Camp Rudder in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Additionally, 60 men and one woman will be … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 4, 2015) -- If Soldiers were still unsure of what bad behavior looks like online, the Army clarified it for them in an "All Army Activities" message -- commonly called an ALARACT -- that went out force-wide last week. Online misconduct, it says, is "the use of electronic communication to inflict harm. Examples include, but are not limited … [Read more...]

ADAZI MILITARY BASE, Latvia (Aug. 3, 2015) -- For many Soldiers, the Europe-wide Operation Atlantic Resolve, or OAR, may appear to be merely a composition of combined training and exercises held between the U.S. and NATO allies. However, Soldiers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization participate in these combined training and exercises, honing their multinational … [Read more...]