WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 9, 2014) - For the first time ever, a handy pocket guide for Soldiers is now available to explain the specifics of their annual Clothing Replacement Allowance. "We didn't have this knowledge when we were coming up," said Sgt. Maj. Mark Chance, senior enlisted advisor for the Army's G-4. The tri-fold pamphlet is the brainchild of Chance … [Read more...]

NASHVILLE (Army News Service, May 9, 2014) - Apache helicopters, teamed with Gray Eagle and Shadow unmanned aerial vehicles, are a winning combo, according to Col. Thomas von Eschenbach. Apache AH-64E models, teamed with unmanned aerial vehicles, known as UAVs, are now increasingly performing the armed aerial scout missions, once performed by Kiowa helicopters, and, … [Read more...]

NASHVILLE (Army News Service, May 8, 2014) - Pilots want to fly it, mechanics want to maintain it, but no one knows for sure what the Future Vertical Lift aircraft will look like or what its characteristics will be once it cracks its shell and hatches. But there's one thing Soldiers are sure of: The Future Vertical Lift, or FVL, will be Army aviation's golden egg. As of … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 8, 2014) - Land mines are a persistent threat for Soldiers as they face hazards from past wars as well as improvised explosive devices planted by current adversaries. A team from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command has leveraged its international reach to identify, research and test a mine-protective boot for American … [Read more...]

NASHVILLE (Army News Service, May 8, 2014) - A completely rewritten field manual for Army aviation, now in development, will be published in about a year. Field Manual 3-04 will reflect a strategic shift to air-ground operations. That's a "big shift," according to Brig. Gen. Michael Lundy, commander, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence and Fort Rucker, Ala. Lundy spoke … [Read more...]