JUNE 26, 2017, FORT MCCOY, Wis. - U.S. Army National Guard snipers are highly trained assets whose value and capabilities are often overlooked during large scale training events such as the National Guard's eXportable Combat Training Capability, also known as XCTC. Staff Sgt. Joe Bastian, a sniper observer/controller/trainer with the First Army's 1st Battalion, 335th … [Read more...]
MWSS-171 Kicks Off Eagle Wrath 2017 With 100 Percent Tactical Mindset
JUNE 26, 2017, JAPAN - U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, arrived at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 15, 2017, to participate in exercise Eagle Wrath 2017. Eagle Wrath 2017, a two-week training evolution, focuses on air base ground defense, establishing forward operating bases, and … [Read more...]
Laser Weapons Bring Sharp Advantages to the Battlefield
JUNE 26, 2017, WASHINGTON - The Army and Navy are increasingly incorporating laser weapons on a limited number of platforms and training exercises, according to Matthew Ketner, branch chief of the High Energy Laser Controls and Integration Directorate at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Virginia. Ketner spoke on these emerging laser technologies spoke last … [Read more...]
Junior Navy Scientists and Engineers Make Early Warning CBR Detection via UAVs a Reality
JUNE 26, 2017, DAHLGREN, Va. (NNS) - Sly Fox Mission 21 has all the trappings of a smash hit reality television series with a technological innovation that may one day save lives of warfighters across the joint services. Although it was never filmed or broadcast, the drama, technology, and names of the seven junior scientists and engineers are real. Hundreds of Navy … [Read more...]
Army, Joint Forces Conduct Vital ‘Hot Range’ Training in Africa
JUNE 26, 2017, DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti - In military terminology, "the range is hot" is a warning that weapons are currently authorized to fire on a training range. This term has dual meaning here for military members, who are no strangers to the brutal heat of the training ranges located in the mountains along the Gulf of Tadjoura's southern coast. This arid locale requires … [Read more...]