EDINBURGH, Ind. (April 9, 2013) -- Bottled water companies have reduced the amount of plastic in packaging. The fashion world has begun using items as obscure as egg shells to make clothing, and at Atterbury-Muscatatuck, recyclable materials are being turned into improvised explosive device training aids. The Counter improvised explosive device, or IED, Integration Cell, also … [Read more...]

ADELPHI, Md. (April 9, 2013) -- Army scientists want to make sense of the fascinating properties of novel layered materials that can exist in a single or a few atom-thick layers, such as graphene. Recently Penn State researchers working with the Army Research Office showed that tungstenite, or WS2, formed from layers of sulfur and tungsten atoms has light-emmiting properties … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, April 5, 2013) -- In August, the Army will convene a Selective Early Retirement Board for lieutenant colonels and colonels. The move is just one part of a larger Army effort to meet its congressionally mandated end strength reduction. Currently, about 500 colonels and 700 lieutenant colonels in the Army Competitive Category meet the criteria for … [Read more...]

FORT BENNING, Ga. (April 4, 2013) -- Soldiers from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit held one of the shortest yet most significant ceremonies in the unit's 57-year history, donning new Shoulder Sleeve Insignias April 2, at the unit's Ceremony Hill on post. While it took decades to get to this day, it took all of ten seconds for the Soldiers to remove the Army Star patch they … [Read more...]

ADELPHI, Md. (April 2, 2013) -- In order to protect Soldiers' lives, military vehicles in combat must be capable of surviving severe hostile fires. When hit with large hostile fire weapons, internally stowed ammunition may react resulting in catastrophic loss of life and system. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, then the Ballistics Research Laboratory, or BRL, … [Read more...]