ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 22, 2015) - The U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, or ECBC, and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, or USAMRIID, are partnering to help expedite progress in the global fight against Ebola. ECBC is working with USAMRIID on two critical studies - a vaccine study and a biomarker study - that will … [Read more...]

FORT BENNING, Ga. (May 22, 2015) - Maneuver Soldiers, leaders, and formations that are "fast," have the ability to outmaneuver their enemies - physically and cognitively. The Maneuver Center of Excellence is working hard to develop maneuver forces that are "fast," as well as smart, lethal, and precise. Forces that are smart, fast, lethal, and precise are the centerpiece of … [Read more...]

ARLINGTON, Va. (May 22, 2015) - For more than 60 years, the Army's 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) has honored the nation's fallen heroes for Memorial Day during Flags In, and on May 21, more than 1,000 Soldiers will set out into Arlington National Cemetery to keep that tradition alive. During Flags In, approximately 1,500 Soldiers will place a small American flag … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 22, 2015) - The Army hopes the 120mm Guided Enhanced Fragmentation Mortar further improves Soldiers' ability to put artillery on target. During DOD Lab Day at the Pentagon, May 14, multiple researchers from throughout the Army were available to demonstrate their projects, including Nickolas B. Baldwin, a researcher and mechanical engineer … [Read more...]

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...]