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Excalibur Round Debuts in Afghanistan |
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Saturday, 15 March 2008 |
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Army News Service, March 10, 2008)
-Soldiers fired the first 155mm GPS-guided Excalibur artillery round in
Afghanistan Feb. 25.
The GPS-guided Excalibur round was given the proper grid coordinate to
seek out and destroy a target using the Enhanced Portable Inductive
Artillery Fuse Setter by placing the system on the tip of the round and
sending a digital message containing the coordinate for the round to
find.
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Global Hawk marks 10-year anniversary |
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
3/5/2008 - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- A Global
Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle landed after an eight-hour mission Feb. 28
that marked 10 years since base officials witnessed its first flight at
Edwards Air Force Base.
On that first flight, the aircraft flew for one hour at an altitude of
32,000 feet, and today the Global Hawk has logged more than 20,000
flight hours including 15,000 hours flown in support of the war on
terrorism.
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Replace aging aircraft or risk irrelevancy, general says |
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
3/5/2008 - MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFPN) -- The
commander of Air Force Materiel Command, which is responsible for
delivering war-winning capabilities to the rest of the Air Force, said
during a visit to Air University here that Air Force officials must
develop and buy new aircraft or risk the service becoming irrelevant.
The Air Force must be careful not to be outclassed in the next war,
said Gen. Bruce Carlson shortly after speaking with Air War College and
Squadron Officer School students Feb. 27 about the importance of
recapitalizing the Air Force's aging fleet to maintain air dominance.
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Medal of Honor Recipient Inducted Into Pentagon's Hall of Heroes |
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, March 4, 2008) – Calling him a “mentor,
teacher and legend,” President George W. Bush awarded the Medal of
Honor posthumously March 3 to Master Sgt. Woodrow “Woody” Wilson Keeble.
Keeble is the first full-blooded Sioux Indian to be awarded the Medal
of Honor and the 121st member of the National Guard to be awarded the
nation’s highest military award for valor, according to National Guard
Educational Foundation records.
It was President Bush’s ninth Medal of Honor ceremony – but he said this one was different.
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Air Force leaders announce incoming AETC commander |
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Saturday, 01 March 2008 |
2/28/2008 - RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFPN) -- Air Force leaders named the commander of Air University as the future leader of Air Education and Training Command Feb. 28.
President George W. Bush has nominated Lt. Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz for
appointment to the grade of general and assignment as commander of
AETC, which is responsible for the free world's largest training
system.
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Army Unveils New Field Manual for Operations |
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Saturday, 01 March 2008 |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Army News Service, Feb. 28, 2008) -- The Army's
new field manual for operations, FM 3-0, brings the first major update
of Army capstone doctrine since the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
"This change in operational doctrine is designed to ensure that our
Soldiers have the very best tools, training and leadership they need to
succeed," said Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, the commanding general
of the United States Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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Army Forms Contracting Command, Campaign Plan |
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Saturday, 01 March 2008 |
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WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 29, 2008) - The acting under
secretary of the Army told Pentagon reporters today that the Army has
begun steps to establish both an Army Contracting Command and an Army
Contracting Campaign Plan to help improve Army contracting.
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Lakota Leaders Join Army to Welcome New Helicopter Fleet |
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala (Army News Service, Feb. 20, 2008) -- Rosebud
Sioux tribal leaders joined the Army Feb. 5 to celebrate the proud name
for a new Army helicopter - the UH-72A Lakota.
The Army's Utility Helicopter Project Office marked inception of the
new Lakota helicopter fleet with a ceremony at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.,
attended by Rosebud Sioux tribal council president Rodney Bordeaux, his
chief of staff and the tribe's chief, among others.
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Modified M1-A2 Abrams Tanks Improve Safety, Precision |
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Saturday, 23 February 2008 |
CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Army News Service, Feb. 19, 2008) - Technicians are
modifying M1-A2 Abrams tanks here to make them more safer and more
precision-effective in the dense, urban Baghdad environment.
For Multi-National Division-Baghdad tankers with the 3rd Brigade Combat
Team, 4th Infantry Division these equipment modifications are taking
place in the form of the Tank Urban Survival Kit which is being added
to their M1-A2 Abrams tanks.
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War College Previews Future Robotics |
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Saturday, 16 February 2008 |
CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa. (Army News Service, Feb. 13, 2008) -- "I'm
almost glad when I see a robot with his arm blown off, because I know
that a $500 part is a lot easier to repair than the arm of a Soldier,"
said Dave Kowachek, a mechanical engineer at Tank Automotive Research
Development and Engineering Center.
TARDEC was one of the companies at the U.S. Army War College Robotics
Day Feb. 12. The event was an opportunity for future leaders to see
emerging technology.
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