By Fire Support Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT SILL, Oklahoma — Artillery troops here are testing updates to two fire support packages while telling the Army the systems’ shortcomings and successes of the fire support systems. Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) and Precision Fires-Dismounted (PF–D) system provide fully […]
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Intel Soldiers test modern system to collect multi-intelligence for commanders
By Maj. Dacharvrick Collins, Test Officer, Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona — Soldiers from Fort Gordon, Georgia, and Fort Bliss, Texas tested a new aerial intelligence platform designed to give battlefield commanders direct, timely and responsive multi-intelligence. They spent more than eight months training on the new […]
Medical professionals train, hone skills during exercise
By: Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Ringold, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Accomplishing one’s mission within the comforts of well-established infrastructure is important, but the Army’s success depends on a unit’s ability to be expeditionary. Operating in a field environment can mean the difference between life and death, […]
Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) celebrates Army’s 246th birthday with massive reenlistment ceremony, tank unveiling, rock concert
FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — III Armored Corps and Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos) units will have a variety of events June 14 to mark the U.S. Army’s 246th birthday. The following ceremony and celebrations are scheduled: 10 a.m. – 1st Cavalry Division participates in a nation-wide virtual reenlistment ceremony presided […]
New Secretary of the Army visits Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), receives People First update
By Sgt. Evan Ruchotzke, 7th MPAD FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — The Honorable Christine Wormuth, the 25th Secretary of the United States Army, toured Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas, June 10. The visit was her first to a major U.S. Army installation since assuming her duties on May 28. Wormuth […]
Mobile chemical laboratory test plays key role in Army modernization
The 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives (CBRNE) Command’s CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity (CARA) processes chemical and biological samples in the Common Analytical Laboratory System Theatre Validation – Integrated System (CALS-TV-IS), while Sgt. 1st Class Barbara A. Baber, NCOIC of the operational test team acquires a situational report. (Photo by Mr. Tad Browning, […]
