By Mr. Milan Hevr, Military Test & Plans Analyst, Fire Support Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT SILL, Okla. — Artillery troops here are testing updates to the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS), while providing feedback on what works and what does not on the sophisticated fire support system. AFATDS provides […]
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FORT HOOD CG to hold town hall, community engagements to discuss family housing concerns
FORT HOOD, Texas — The III Corps commanding general will host a town hall at 6 p.m. Feb. 21 in Howze Auditorium as part of an ongoing Armywide effort to inform residents of current policies for resolving issues and to personally connect with Soldiers, Army families and other residents to ensure obligations are being met […]
UPDATE: Former 1st Cav. Div Soldier to be awarded Distinguished Service Cross
UPDATES IN BOLD. FORT HOOD, Texas — A former 1st Cavalry Division Soldier is scheduled to be presented the Distinguished Service Cross in a ceremony to be conducted on March 20 at 4:30 p.m. on Cooper Field here. Sgt. (Retired) Daniel E. Cowart, who was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade […]
Change starts Tuesday, Automated Installation Entry beginning next week
The implementation of a new Automated Installation Entry system will begin Tuesday according to officials from FORT HOOD’s Directorate of Emergency Services. The AIE equipment and its components have been undergoing testing to this point, and beginning Feb. 19, in-lane registration will begin at selected access control points for Department of Defense identification card holders.“The […]
New Army personnel, pay system tested by PA National Guard across 6 cities
By Lt. Col. Rudy Grimes, Senior Test Officer, Mission Command Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Despite numbing cold, whiteout snow conditions, high winds, freezing rain and occasional falling two-foot icicles, Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard (PAARNG) here are midway into testing a radically different personnel and […]
CRDAMC celebrates the Army Nurse Corps 118th anniversary
By Patricia Deal FORT HOOD, Texas—Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center celebrated the Army Nurse Corps 118th anniversary and reflected on past and future achievements of nurses of all ranks and specialties with a traditional cake cutting ceremony here February 4. Nurses have treated American Soldiers throughout our nation’s conflicts since the Revolutionary War, […]
