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Friday, 26 March 2010 |
DETROIT ARSENAL, WARREN, Mich. -- Soldiers spoke and the Army listened.
Officials will debut a new device designed to combat the deadly threat
of improvised explosive devices during a Florida conference later this
month.
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New parachute integrated at Airborne School |
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Friday, 26 March 2010 |
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<span class="caption"><a xhref="http://search.ahp.us.army.mil/search/articles/index.php?search=Tiffany+Nabors+The+Bayonet">Tiffany Nabors, The Bayonet </a><br />
Maj. Douglas Hoover, the Maneuver Center of Excellence Family Life chaplain, exits the 34-foot training tower for the first time during ground week in Airborne School on Fort Benning, Ga. </span>
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The 453 students in C Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th
Parachute Infantry Regiment, exited the 34-foot training tower twice as
many times as the normal requirement March 3.
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Chopper pilot receives Bronze Star for Vietnam |
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Friday, 19 March 2010 |
ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, March 18, 2010) -- A retired warrant
officer received a Bronze Star last week for actions he took some 40
years earlier as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam.
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Army fast-tracking precision mortar to Afghanistan |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
The U.S. Army is poised to deliver precision mortar rounds to soldiers
in Afghanistan by the end of this year as part of an accelerated effort
to give commanders there an improved ability to destroy targets in the
mountainous terrain, service officials said.
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U.S. troops in Iraq adopt new role |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
WASHINGTON (March 10, 2010) -- Some of the 98,000 U.S. military forces
in Iraq already have made the transition from security to stability
operations ahead of the September deadline, American military
commanders said.
In accordance with an agreement brokered between Baghdad and
Washington, the drawdown to 50,000 U.S. troops before September will
happen as the American mission shifts from its current role as a
partner of Iraqi security forces to primarily one of training and
advising.
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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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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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