By Mr. Blake Bagby, Military Test Plans Analyst, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – Paratroopers here are busy developing new procedures to allow the Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P) system to remain installed in HMMWVs during low velocity airdrops (LVAD). “The fact that I no longer […]
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Soldiers test new system focused to modernize aviation logistics, maintenance
By Mr. Scott Uini, Enterprise & Mission Command Test Division, Mission Command Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT LEE, Virginia — Soldiers from Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia conducted the first tests here on a new system focused on improving readiness through modernizing aviation maintenance and logistics functions. “The Global Combat Support System Increment […]
1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade Execute Revised ACFT
1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade Executes Revised ACFT Lt. Col. Christopher Flores, Special Troops Battalion commander discuses how the Troopers within the Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, take diagnostic ACFT with the revises recently made to ensure Soldiers are prepared when the ACFT is for record in October at FORT HOOD on April […]
Airborne U.S. Army Special Operations Command troops test new RA-1 Ram Air parachute automatic activation device
By Mr. Richard Hedgecock, Military Test Plans Analyst, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – Airborne equipment testers here are busy with Special Operations Soldiers testing the Army’s newest Enhanced Electronic Automatic Activation Device (EEAAD). The Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) is gathering data […]
Initial operational test begins on Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense System
By Mr. John Kimball & Mr. Robert Yelder, Air and Missile Defense Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico – Air Defense Artillery Soldiers from Fort Bliss, Texas here are testing a new equipment system linking sensors with shooters across the battlefield. Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air […]
Finding El Dorado: An African immigrant finds success in U.S. Army
Story by. Capt. Taylor Criswell, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade Public Affairs FORT HOOD, Texas — Over 6,500 miles from FORT HOOD, Texas between Ghana and Benin sits the small country of Togo. In the modest village of Togoville, young children can be seen chasing each other through dirt streets as chickens and goats scurry away. […]
