By U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Two on-the-spot tentative job offers were made under the Army’s Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA) during the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) National Conference here Oct. 18-20. The SWE meetup is the world’s largest conference for women engineers with over 13,000 conference participants and 360 […]
equipment testing
Special Operations Command Soldiers test RA-1 Double Bag Static Line Parachute System, USASOC C-27J aircraft compatibility
By Mr. Rod Manke, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Okinawa-based Special Operations Soldiers traveled here to support an airdrop certification test of the RA-1 Parachute System in the Double Bag Static Line configuration with the C-27J aircraft. During the test, Soldiers of 1st […]
UPDATE: Airborne Soldiers test Spider networked munition system upgrade
Oct. 25, 2018; updated with two new photographs: Original release Oct. 11, 2018: By Maj. Nayari Cameron, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Two units of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) are testing an upgrade to the Spider munition system here, used […]
Chemical detection, decontamination system runs through operational test
By Mr. Clarence White, Military Test Plans Analyst, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs DUGWAY PROVING Ground, Utah — Over 60 Soldiers joined operational testers here, using the Contamination Indication Decontamination Assurance System (CIDAS) Small Scale Application Nerve (SSA-N) while conducting immediate decontamination missions. The initial operational test […]
Stryker modification testing improves 2nd Infantry Division Soldier readiness
By Maj. Sonie Munson, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. — 2nd Infantry Division Soldiers trained for three weeks here on the newest Stryker as part of a proof in practice engineering change proposal (ECP). Legion Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team teamed […]
Black Jack, USAOTC complete testing of new Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle
By Maj. Carson Petry, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team ‘Black Jack,’ 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers here completed a two-month program field testing the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) Sept. 24. 4th Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment “Dark Horse,” 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team […]
