JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (Army News Service, July 7, 2015) - Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and aircrews, from the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, have been dropping hundreds of buckets of water on fires throughout Alaska since June 14. Despite the forecast of rain in some areas, crews from the 207th, based out of Bryant Army … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (July 7, 2015) - Robotic exoskeletons have been a science fiction theme and an engineering feat since the 1960s. Practical design techniques, which allow a fictional character to be stronger, more powerful or more functional intrigues engineers toward simplicity in futuristic innovation. At the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, Dan Baechle, … [Read more...]

"Let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan." - President Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address FORT KNOX, Ky. (July 7, 2015) - The order of service is always the same: a eulogy for the deceased, three volleys of rifle fire and the sounding of taps … [Read more...]

ADELPHI, Md. (July 2, 2015) - The U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, has been exploring the tactical reconnaissance vehicle, or TRV, concept for nearly nine months and is evaluating the hoverbike technology as a way to get Soldiers away from ground threats by giving them a 3-D capability. The Army is interested in this disruptive technology because it has the potential … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 2, 2015) - With a shrinking end strength and budget, the Army will need to relearn how to sustain what it has, rather than depending on contractor logistics support or replacements. Warrant officers will be key to that transition, Gen. Dennis L Via said. "I recall [that] warrants maintained everything in the division," said Via, commander … [Read more...]