MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Army News Service, June 30, 2015) - The Army ruled almost every category on its way to grabbing the Chairman's Cup for the second straight year at the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games held at this historic Marine Corps base. "That very first event, cycling, is what really brought this team together," said Sgt. 1st Class Keoki Smythe, … [Read more...]

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 29, 2015) - Program Executive Office Soldier showed Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Daniel B. Allyn how it is providing Soldiers with more lethal weapons, better protective gear and more capable equipment while also looking for ways to lighten Soldier load during his visit there, June 23. The general clearly expressed his desire to lighten the … [Read more...]

FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (June 29, 2015) - A new handheld medical device for analyzing brain injuries has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. In May 2015, the Ahead 200 was cleared by the FDA to help clinicians assess mildly-presenting head trauma patients. The device, which was developed by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Army News Service, June 29, 2015) - A cyber protection team, or CPT, from the newly formed Army Cyber Protection Brigade on Fort Gordon, Georgia, tested its capabilities here this month against real intruders bent on taking their network down. "We're validating our tactics, techniques and procedures on the network, looking at live traffic" from … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 29, 2015) - To become a "force of the future," the Army must slow down the movement of officers and other personnel into and out of important jobs. Speaking June 24 at an Association of the United States Army Institute of Land Warfare event near the Pentagon, Undersecretary of the Army Brad R. Carson, who also serves as the acting … [Read more...]