MAY 25, 2016, FORT CARSON, Colorado - As the active-duty Army cuts 40,000 troops from its ranks over the next couple of years, Army Medicine is working to increase the number of Soldiers that are medically available to deploy. The active-duty Army currently has 490,000 Soldiers, but military records show that 16 percent of that force is nondeployable -- that means only … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Shooting Team Charge and Fire Through AASAM
MAY 25, 2016, VICTORIA, Australia - Pounding footsteps from warriors could be heard from a distance as the Marine Corps Battle Colors swayed with a team of Marines with the Marine Corps Shooting Team as they charged through the Section Match May 17, 2016 at Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria, Australia. The event was part of the final week of Australian Army Skill at Arms … [Read more...]
Man Down: MRF-D Simulates Casualty Evacuation
MAY 25, 2016, ROBERTSON BARRACKS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia - Marines and sailors with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, simulated casualty evacuation in a training area outside of Roberson Barracks, Northern Territory, Australia, on May 20, 2016. “We were on a basic patrol,” said Sgt. Joseph R. Slizewski, a rifleman. “A … [Read more...]
Tiger and Apache Pilots Partner for Electronic Warfare Training
MAY 25,2016, FRITZLAR, Germany - Soldiers from Kampfhubschrauberregiment 36 "Kurhessen," 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, and JägerBattalion 291, conducted a four day joint helicopter training exercise, "Strong Punch," focused on electronic warfare detection and evasion techniques, May 17-20, at Heeresflugplatz Fritzlar. Strong Punch is an … [Read more...]
Memorial Day
May 25, 2016 - Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The holiday, which is observed every year on the last Monday of May, originated as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans founded in Decatur, … [Read more...]