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HH-60Gs integrate with Army AH-64s for war missions |
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Saturday, 04 October 2008 |
10/3/2008 - BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (AFNS) -- Airmen and Soldiers here took integration one step further with rotary wing aviation operations in Afghanistan.
While the Army AH-64 Apaches and Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawks have flown
medical evacuation missions together for some time now in Afghanistan,
on Sept. 25 they flew their first joint combat search and rescue
training mission.
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Rangers receive awards for valor |
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Saturday, 04 October 2008 |
FORT LEWIS, Wash. - It was so dark in that area of Iraq the night of
April 26, 2008, Spc. Joe Gibson wasn't certain what he had just stepped
on as he walked through the chest-high grass between a series of
two-foot-deep irrigation ditches.
Gibson, a mortarman with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger
Regiment, took two more steps forward and then turned around to
investigate.
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Army fires first round from cannon on FCS chassis |
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Friday, 26 September 2008 |
YUMA PROVING GROUND, Ariz. (Army News Service, Sep. 23, 2008) -- The
Future Combat Systems program successfully fired the first artillery
projectile from the manned ground vehicle non-line-of-sight cannon
prototype.
The successful firing of the projectile is a milestone for the program,
said Lt. Col. Robert McVay, Army product manager for NLOS-C.
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Contract awarded to build new FORSCOM, USARC headquarters |
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Friday, 26 September 2008 |
SAVANNAH, Ga. (Sept. 25, 2008) -- The Savannah District of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $288,538,000 contract to build the
U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at
Fort Bragg, N.C.
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Odierno assumes command of coalition forces in Iraq |
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq, (Sept. 16, 2008) - Gen. Raymond T. Odierno assumed
command of Multi-National Force-Iraq from Army Gen. David H. Petraeus
during a ceremony at al Faw Palace in Baghdad today.
The change of command occurs after incredible progress in the country,
said Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who traveled to Baghdad to
participate in the ceremony.
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Sky Soldier awarded Distinguished Service Cross |
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
VICENZA, Italy -- Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips, mortar platoon sergeant
for Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
also known as "The Rock," was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
Sept. 15, 2008, in Vicenza, Italy for his actions Aug. 22, 2007, at
Ranch House in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.
The DSC is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded
to a member of the Army, and only the fifth awarded to a servicemember
during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Army activating its second Maneuver Enhancement Brigade |
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 |
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Army News Service, Sept. 18, 2008) - A new type
of deployable brigade is activating at Fort Leonard Wood in October.
The concept for the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade - a support unit
that can control a sector of the battlefield - was created at the
Maneuver Support Center at Fort Leonard Wood.
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Picatinny's GPS-guided Excalibur artillery round deemed 'amazingly accurate' by troops |
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Saturday, 13 September 2008 |
From taking out top al-Qaida operatives to safely firing within 50
meters of dismounted infantrymen, the Picatinny Excalibur projectile is
already paying dividends a year after its initial fielding to Soldiers.
When Excalibur first debuted in Iraq in May 2007, it became the Army's first all-weather, precision-guided artillery round.
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President dedicates Pentagon Memorial |
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Saturday, 13 September 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 11, 2008) -- President George W.
Bush dedicated the Pentagon Memorial Sept. 11, saying the nation will
never forget the sacrifice and heroism there following the terrorist
attack seven years ago.
"Pentagon employees ran into smoke-filled rooms to guide their friends to safety," Bush said.
"One of the worst days in America's history saw some of the bravest acts in America's history."
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Army celebrates century of military aviation |
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Saturday, 13 September 2008 |
ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, Sep. 8, 2008) -- The Army kicked off
a celebration recognizing 100 years of military aviation during a Sept.
6 ceremony at Fort Myer, Va.
Despite heavy rains and flooded streets due to Tropical Storm Hanna,
hundreds turned out to Conmy Hall to see the first public starting of
the engine on a replica of the 1908 Wright Model A. The original of
that aircraft flew Sept. 3, 1908 at Fort Myer. That flight was the
first in a series that led to a $30,000 Army contract awarded to the
Wright brothers in July 1909 for the first military airplane.
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