NATICK, Mass. (Aug. 6, 2015) -- The Secretary of the Army has accepted a $900,000 gift from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Development Finance Agency, or MassDevelopment, to perform infrastructure upgrades to the Doriot Climatic Chambers at the U.S. Army's Natick Soldier Systems Center. "On behalf of the United States Army, I am pleased to formally accept the gift of … [Read more...]
‘Iron Rangers’ Support Total Army Concept During Exercise
FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. (Aug. 6, 2015) -- Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, partnered with the 91st Training Support Division, July 10 through Aug. 7, during Warrior Exercise, or WAREX, 15-03. Lt. Col. Paul McCarthy, deputy commanding officer, 91st Training Support Division, said the WAREX was … [Read more...]
Blue Diamond Corpsmen Experience Tactical Combat Trauma Training
August 5, 2015, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- You are a U.S. Navy corpsman. The Navy and Marine Corps’ version of a combat medic. It’s the middle of a hot day. The sun is at its zenith in the cloudless sky as you walk through the eerily quiet, dusty and alien streets of a far off country with the members of your fire team. You are a long way from … [Read more...]
Army Participating in Huge Counter-Drone Demo
POINT MUGU, Calif. (Aug. 5, 2015) -- Small, unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, are easy to obtain and launch and they're hard to detect on radar, making them of particular concern to the Department of Defense, according to officials taking part in the Black Dart 2015 counter-UAS demonstration. Black Dart 2015, which began July 26, and runs to Aug. 7, is DOD's largest live-fly, … [Read more...]
Tech Report: The X-37B
August 5, 2015, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) – The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable and unmanned space test platform for the Air Force. The primary objectives of the X-37B are twofold: reusable spacecraft technologies for America's future in space and operating experiments which can be … [Read more...]