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Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan to get new MultiCam uniforms, boots, gear |
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 1, 2010) -- Soldiers deploying to
Afghanistan will be issued the new "MultiCam" fire-resistant Army
Combat Uniform complete with new Mountain Combat Boots and
MultiCam-patterned Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment, or
MOLLE, gear beginning in July.
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Army solicits proposals for new combat vehicle |
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
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<span class="caption"><a xhref="http://search.ahp.us.army.mil/search/articles/index.php?search=Staff+Sgt+Tony+White">Staff
Sgt. Tony White</a><br /> The operational mobility of the Stryker,
pictured here, is one of the capabilities the Army desires in the new
ground combat vehicle. The Army released a request for proposal, Feb.
25, for the GCV. According to the Brigade Combat Team Modernization
Plan, released Feb. 19, the new vehicle must include, among other
things, full-spectrum capability, net-readiness, and mobility. </span>
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WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 2, 2010) -- The Army released a
request for proposal for the Ground Combat Vehicle Feb. 25 -- marking
an official start for defense contractors to begin competing for the
right to build the service's next combat vehicle.
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CROWS surge to Afghanistan along with troops |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Feb. 22, 2010) -- With the surge to Afghanistan now underway, thousands of XM-153 Common Remotely Operated Weapons Stations, known as CROWS, will soon be taking flight to strengthen U.S. Army forces in theater.
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Army testing new airdrop system for Afghanistan |
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 23, 2010) -- The supply requirement in Afghanistan will dramatically increase this year according to the Army's top logistician, and he said the Army is testing a new airdrop system to help meet the demand.
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Paratroopers prep for U.S-Iraqi combined training |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
AL ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (Army News Service, Feb. 17, 2010) -- U.S. Army
paratroopers took a first step toward a combined U.S. - Iraqi airborne
training exercise when 183 paratroopers jumped onto Iraqi soil here
Feb. 12 as part of their sustained airborne training.
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New unmanned aerial system tests advanced missile |
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
The Army's newest and most advanced Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), the
Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) UAS, has successfully completed a
series of tests with the HELLFIRE® II UAS --- a missile specially
engineered to fire from a UAV with a 360-degree targeting ability,
service officials said.
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Army Astronaut posts first live tweet from space |
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Saturday, 13 February 2010 |
HOUSTON, Texas (Jan. 22, 2010) -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received a special software upgrade this week - personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection.
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Afghan strategy bears fruit, Iraq on track |
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Saturday, 13 February 2010 |
WASHINGTON (Feb. 9, 2010) -- Noting signs that the new strategy in Afghanistan "is beginning to bear fruit," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates also said during an interview aired last night that the effort to build up Iraq's security forces and move forward with the U.S. drawdown plan there remains on track.
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New global network to reshape Army |
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 |
ARLINGTON, Va. (Jan. 19, 2010) -- Through an enterprise network
architecture, the Army seeks to increase standardization in vehicles
and tactical operations centers, or TOCs, diminishing the amount of
cables, screens and terminals required in each.
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Soldiers in Iraq employ new unmanned aircraft system |
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Friday, 22 January 2010 |
CAMP TAJI, Iraq -- Placing a new aircraft in a combat situation is a
true test of its capabilities and future role within the Army.
Unmanned aircraft systems have become a mainstay in military operations
during Operation Iraqi Freedom; injecting new concepts and technologies
will only further push the uses of these aircraft.
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