Hobart and His Funnies: A Most “Difficult” General
Among the many items on Gen. Sir Alan Brooke’s agenda upon assuming his duties as Chief of the Imperial General …
Land Forces
Excalibur Precision Guided Extended Range Artillery Projectile Testing
This video, released by Raytheon, graphically demonstrates the capabilities of the M982 Excalibur precision 155mm artillery round. Co-developed by Raytheon …
Vietnam: Nightmare World of a Wounded Soldier
America’s press, public, and even Congress paid relatively little attention to the experience of the wounded soldier during the Vietnam …
U.S. Army Seeks Energy-producing Tent Fabrics
In an effort to further reduce the logistics burdens of fossil fuel power on future battlefields, the U.S. Army’s Natick …
Marine Corps Explores AAV Reset Options
U.S. Marine Corps planners are seeking industry assistance in exploring various approaches for a limited reset of the service’s AAVP7A1 …
Operation Husky: British Gen. Sir Harold Alexander and the Great Boundary Line Dispute
In his July 13, 1943 diary entry, written during Operation Husky, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., commander of the …
Successful Flight Test for Bi-Directional Remote Video Terminal (BDRVT)
A two-hour flight test of a U.S. Army Shadow unmanned aerial system (UAS) on June 26, 2013, represented a major …
RDECOM Facilitates Q-Net II Test Data Transfer to France
The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) recently transferred test data regarding the Q-Net II RPG-defense system to …
Nurse Sharon Lane Paid the Highest Price in Vietnam
Sharon Lane wrote home that she was starting the night shift soon, so she wouldn’t have to get up early. …
Army Restructuring: 80,000 Soldiers, 12 Brigade Combat Teams Get the Chop
Gen. Ray Odierno, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, announced new force reductions and Army restructuring decisions during a press conference …