WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 21, 2015) - As operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated, the enemy is adept at making inexpensive improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and modifying them over time to become even more lethal. "For us to adapt to those threats, we must be able to identify and assess what those IEDs or weapons are and how they're being used … [Read more...]

RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT, Texas (May 21, 2015) - Soldiers laud the ballistic protection Mine Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicles that provide them against underbody threats, but now a brand-new MRAP feature, the first of its kind for the Army, will help maximize warfighter safety and survivability. Electronic stability control, or ESC, is a computerized technology … [Read more...]

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (May 21, 2015) - With the steady increase in computing power, engineers are able to improve lethality with sophisticated computer models by eliminating unworkable designs. Mechanical engineers can understand the effects different caliber ammunition will have on targets. "We are able to get a more detailed small-caliber lethality analysis with more … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (May 21, 2015) - Nearly a dozen Vietnam Medal of Honor recipients will help the U.S. Postal Service dedicate a limited-edition stamp folio honoring them and other Vietnam heroes on Memorial Day. The "Medal of Honor: Vietnam War Forever" stamp folio sheets will be dedicated at a 1 p.m. ceremony, May 25, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in … [Read more...]

FORT KNOX, Ky. (May 19, 2015) - While enlisted Soldiers and noncommissioned officers, or NCOs, may have heard talk that diverse broadening assignments are in their Army futures, many do not know where to go for information and guidance on making them part of their career planning. While such documents as Army Regulation-621-7 and AR-621-1 lay out guidelines for specific … [Read more...]