WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 7, 2014) - Winning a total of 71 medals, the Army team took home the prestigious Chairman's Cup Saturday, from the 5th annual Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Chairman's Cup is awarded to the top overall service branch at the Warrior Games and it's a prize that the Marine Corps had claimed for the first four years of the … [Read more...]

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Oct. 7, 2014) - The Program Executive Office for Aviation here, has once again pushed the envelope of technology for its family of unmanned aircraft systems. The Gray Eagle and Shadow unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS - both popular with Soldiers for the reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities they bring to the battlefield - have proven … [Read more...]

VICKSBURG, Miss. (Oct. 6, 2014) - Sometimes people share their knowledge and experiences without knowing the impact of their words. Army Reserve Sgt. Randy Sandifer is one such individual. Sandifer, a Pinola, Mississippi, native, joined the Army Reserve's 412th Theater Engineer Command December 2001, as a personnel services specialist, his junior year of high school, … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 6, 2014) - This week at Fort Benning, Georgia, defense contractors are competing to provide the latest technologies to defeat IEDs. The Joint IED Defeat Organization partnered with the Army Research Lab and the Maneuver Battle Lab, at the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, to host a "Culvert Denial Challenge," which … [Read more...]

FORT RUCKER, Ala. (Oct. 6, 2014) - In a climate of deep fiscal cuts, the Army's Aviation Restructure Initiative has some good news for its Unmanned Aircraft Systems. With the Army still in the infancy of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, known as UAS, integration into the force, the initiative allows the Army to keep its inventory of Shadow/tactical UAS workhorses aloft, and the … [Read more...]