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Malian Defense soldiers learn logistics with US Army Special Forces
West Virginia Army National Guard Special Forces Soldiers from Charlie Company, 219th Special Forces Group, along with the 300th Military Intelligence Battalion, the 294th Quartermaster Company and the 5th Quartermaster Battalion from Germany taught the Malian Defense Forces, or MDF, of the 33rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, how to effectively conduct drop zone selection, request aerial [...]
Force cuts may mean new job for some Soldiers
With the Army leaving Iraq by the end of the month and large drawdowns coming in Afghanistan, officials said the service may shrink by 50,000 over the next few years. Cutting that many Soldiers from the Army may mean some will be asked to leave before they planned. And others may need to transfer to [...]
Army streamlining network management through NIEs
As it makes major upgrades to its tactical communications network, the Army is also revamping the way Soldiers can monitor and manage network performance in real time. Today, each component of the network — such as a certain type of radio or satellite system — is managed separately with its own software, hardware and human [...]
M119A2 Howitzer Upgrade to Provide Quicker Firepower
Soldiers are one step closer to receiving a digitized M119A2 howitzer that will make it possible for them to start firing rounds and evade return fire quicker. The M119A2 is a lightweight 105mm howitzer that provides suppressive and protective fires for Infantry Brigade Combat Teams. PEO Ammunition employees, with help from the Armament Research, Development [...]
Picatinny provides Soldiers with quicker, safer mortar fire control system
Picatinny Arsenal recently received kudos from Soldiers by developing six out of 10 2010 Army Greatest Inventions. One of the inventions recognized was a dismounted fire control system that will make dismounted 120mm mortars easier to fire and keep Soldiers safer. The M150/M151 Mortar Fire Control System – Dismounted, or MFCS-D, provides mortarmen with increased [...]
Rifleman Radio completes key operational test at NIE
An advanced lightweight radio that will connect troops on the front lines to the Army’s tactical communications network has completed its operational test. The Joint Tactical Radio System, or JTRS, Rifleman Radio and its Soldier Radio Waveform, known as SRW, Network Manager component were the only systems under a formal program of record test at [...]
Italians learn MRAPs in Grafenwoehr
Early in the evening of Oct. 20, Italian combat engineer Cpl. Tizano Testa hurriedly clamored over the cab of a 19-ton, 18-foot high MaxxPro-Base armored fighting vehicle while trying to install a night-vision camera on the roof. The soldier behind the wheel of the massive vehicle, Francesco Monteforte, was waiting to drive through the motor [...]
Army concludes second Network Integration Evaluation
The Army has concluded its second Network Integration Evaluation, moving closer to deploying an integrated battlefield network after collecting valuable Soldier feedback on the latest tactical communications technologies. The three-week event, known as Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, 12.1, represented the first time that all of the components of the Army network to be fielded [...]
Combat engineers tunnel into leveled buildings to save lives
Responding to a simulated improvised nuclear device in downtown Phoenix as part of the 2011 Arizona Statewide Vigilant Guard exercise, about 60 combat engineers from the 235th Engineer Company (Sapper), 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, out of Petaluma, Calif., picked up their ropes and jackhammers and dug into the [...]
