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Army Announces Independent Body Armor Review
Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced today that the National Research Council (NRC) will perform an independent assessment of the Army’s body armor testing, following last month’s recommendation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for an independent review. The NRC functions under the auspices of the National Academies, a private, nonprofit institution that provides [...]
Army says body armor safe, despite GAO report
WASHINGTON: Testing anomalies cited in an Oct. 16 Government Accountability Office report on body armor do not mean the plates are unsafe, said Brig. Gen. Peter Fuller, program executive officer for the organization that fields new equipment to Soldiers. During a media conference Oct. 16, at the Pentagon, just hours after release of the GAO [...]
Army looks to lighten load for Soldiers in Afghanistan
FORT BELVOIR, Va: The Army is poised to introduce a plate-carrier vest to provide Soldiers more lightweight gear in the challenging operational environments of Afghanistan. An $18.6 million contract for 57,000 plate carriers was awarded Oct. 8, to KDH Defense Systems. The fielding schedule calls for the first plate carriers to be delivered to the [...]
HMS Ocean Hosts Army’s Apache Helicopters
Two Apache helicopters from 4 Regiment Army Air Corps have recently been conducting maritime aviation training in the North Sea onboard the Royal Navy’s largest warship. The Apache aircrew, based at Wattisham Airfield in Suffolk, have recently returned from operations in Afghanistan and were onboard HMS Ocean learning to operate their aircraft from the ship’s [...]
Skycar Could Let Army Do More in Afghanistan
DAVIS, Calif. — Moller International is pleased to announce today that its Skycar technology has gained ground within the military for its use in high-tech, demanding battlefield applications like those in Afghanistan. “Afghanistan is not Iraq,” stated Lieutenant Colonel James Thomas, 304th SB, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command. “The MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle that [...]
Education key to overcome PTSD stigma
WASHINGTON: All Soldiers need to receive standard training about mental-health issues if the Army is to overcome the stigma of seeking treatment, according a white paper rolled out Wednesday at the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting. The author of “Collateral Damage: How Can the Army Best Serve a Soldier with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” [...]
Resiliency training to be given Army-wide
WASHINGTON: Drill sergeants will soon begin resiliency training and a special Army school to teach resiliency may be established in the spring, said Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, director of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness. Cornum and other Army officials spoke about building resilient Soldiers during a forum at the Association of the United States Army’s annual meeting [...]
Strykers to Deploy to India for Exercise
WASHINGTON: The Army plans to deploy 17 of its Stryker combat vehicles this month to India for the first exercise of its kind in the country. This is also the largest deployment of the Strykers outside of those sent to Iraq and Afghanistan, Army officials said. “It’s one of the most important training exercises that [...]
Longbow Fire Control Radar Block III Passes Testing Milestone
BALTIMORE: The new LONGBOW Fire Control Radar Block III system hardware and operational software successfully completed the first half of initial flight tests on an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter. The U.S. Army conducted the tests at the Yuma Proving Grounds in southern Arizona. The new system is being developed by LONGBOW Limited Liability Company (LLC), [...]
