Is digital camo more effective ?
Is digital camo more effective ?
 
 
 

Ads

 
Uniform inspires act of honoring Airmen
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 09 August 2008
8/5/2008 - LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFPN)  -- On a recent trip to a bookstore, I was approached by a man in his late 30s to early 40s.

He seemed nervous and upset; avoiding eye contact and shifting his weight from one foot to the other. My guard went up immediately. In 22 years of military service, I've heard some negative things said about the military, my branch of service, my choice of occupation given my gender, and the general displeasure with government policy at large. The challenge has always been not to take these statements personally.
Read more...
 
Senate confirms General Schwartz as next chief of staff
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 02 August 2008
8/1/2008 - WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, a 35-year veteran in special operations, will be the 19th Air Force chief of staff, according to a Senate confirmation vote which occurred Aug. 1. 

General Schwartz provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on July 22, before the full Senate voted on his confirmation. Now the president must appoint the general before he can assume his new position.
Read more...
 
New tool may enhance the way Soldiers communicate with locals in theater
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 02 August 2008
FORT HOOD, Texas - Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division could soon have a new tool for their upcoming deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom that enhances the way they communicate with the people living in Iraq.

A few First Team troopers, along with senior leaders, got their first glimpse of the Vcommunicator Mobile, a light-weight, compact, hand-held translation device and cultural awareness aid, during a demonstration of the capability at the 1st Cav. Div. headquarters here July 21-22.

Currently in use by approximately 700 military service members in Iraq and Afghanistan, the one-way translation device offers hundreds of phrases in five different languages to include Iraqi Arabic, Kurdish, Dari, Pashto and Modern Standard Arabic. It also offers, via video cues, cultural gestures in the form of hand signals that may be common to a specific region, allowing for cultural awareness.
Read more...
 
Dunwoody confirmed as first female four-star
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Friday, 25 July 2008
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 24, 2008) -- The U.S. Senate confirmed Wednesday the appointment of Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to the grade of four-star general.

Dunwoody, who will be the first woman to serve as a four-star general in the U.S. military, was also confirmed for assignment as commanding general, U.S. Army Materiel Command, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Read more...
 
Guard units receive more high-tech Lakota helicopters
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 19 July 2008
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 10, 2008) - Louisiana's Aviation Command last week became the latest National Guard unit to receive the new light utility UH-72A Lakota helicopter.

C- Company, 1-114th Aviation Security and Support Battalion received two Lakota's July 2 and is slated to receive two more of the state-of-the-art helicopters later this month. They will be used for command and control missions such as aerial reconnaissance, counter-drug operations, weapons of mass destruction, and hurricane emergencies.
Read more...
 
New MH-53M helicopter exhibit opens at AF museum
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 12 July 2008

7/11/2008 - DAYTON, Ohio (AFPN) -- Several high ranking officials from Air Force Special Operations Command, industry and the community recently joined personnel from the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force for the official opening of the museum's new MH-53M Pave Low IV helicopter exhibit.

Air Force special operations forces used the Sikorsky MH-53M to covertly enter enemy territory. Capable of operating at day or night or in bad weather, these helicopters conducted long-range, low-level missions to insert, extract, and resupply special operations forces.
Read more...
 
1,215 servicemembers re-up in Iraq
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Tuesday, 08 July 2008
Servicemembers from all over Iraq gathered in the Al Faw Palace rotunda at Camp Victory, Baghdad, to reenlist and celebrate Independence Day.

All 1,215 servicemembers celebrated by raising their right hands and pledging to continue defending the "land of the free" in what is the largest reenlistment ceremony since the all-volunteer force began in 1973 according to Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill, command sergeant major, Multi-National Forces - Iraq.
Read more...
 
Veterans honor Berlin Airlift's 60th anniversary
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 28 June 2008
6/27/2008 - BERLIN (AFPN) -- American, British and French veterans have returned to Germany to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.

Dr. Helmut Trotnow, the curator of the Allied Museum in Berlin, attributed part of the dissolution of the Soviet blockade to the U.S. armed forces involved in the airlift. 

"This is not just an aspect of history in the books, but it's flesh and blood human beings," he said. "They had feelings. They had hopes. They had thoughts. They had ideas, and you know if they hadn't had stuck to their ideas of freedom and democracy, the Berlin Airlift might not have been a success."
Read more...
 
FCS capability accelerated for infantry
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 28 June 2008
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jun. 26, 2008) -- Soldiers in Infantry Brigade Combat Teams now get the first crack at Future Combat System technology, Army officials said during a news conference at the Pentagon June 26.

That capability, initially meant to be delivered first to Heavy Brigade Combat teams, will now be delivered to IBCTs by fiscal year 2011 -- three years earlier than previously planned.

The changes come after Army studies showed it was infantry units who were highest in demand in Afghanistan and Iraq, and infantry units with the most capability requests.
Read more...
 
Ramstein C-130s participate in NATO airdrop demonstration
In The News
Written by davidtkl   
Saturday, 21 June 2008
6/19/2008 - RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN)  -- Two C-130 Hercules aircraft from Ramstein Air Base recently participated in a NATO-sponsored Precision Airdrop Capabilities demonstration at the Centre d'Essais Lancement de Missiles at Biscarrosee and at Cazaux Air Base, France.

"Over three days we conducted four to six drops a day with different GPS computers," said Capt. Bryant Jarrell, a 37th Airlift Squadron pilot aboard the JPADS flights. 

"It was a unique experience to drop cargo at a high altitude (ranging 6,000 to 10,000 feet above ground)," he said.

Read more...
 
<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>

Results 51 - 60 of 226