WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — EOD Soldiers with the 737th Ordnance Company and 937th Route Clearance Company will take part in operational testing of a new robot system Thursday. Media are invited to attend testing of the new Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) in the field. The test training scenario dictates […]
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Ft. Hood chemical, engineer, EOD Soldiers apply missions to test new robot capabilities
By Robert Richardson, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – Chemical, engineer, and explosive ordinance disposal unit Soldiers here are joining a National Guard Civil Support Team to put the Army’s latest robotic system to the test. The Man Transportable Robotic System […]
50 years of operational testing celebration kicks off with weight loss challenge
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs Officer WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Kicking off celebrating “50 Years of Operational Testing,” 43 Soldiers and Army Civilian employees here are taking part in an eight-week “Shredder” Weight Loss Challenge. The U.S. Army Operational Test Command is working with […]
Ft. Hood general reads ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ to Florence, Texas kindergarteners Thursday
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FLORENCE, Texas — Kindergartners at Florence Elementary School here listened keenly as a Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas general read the world’s oldest Christmas poem. Reading “Twas the Night Before Christmas” was embraced by Brig. Gen. William D. “Hank” Taylor, a career combat aviator, […]
Ft. Hood senior combat aviator to perform Ballet Austin’s ‘Mother Ginger’
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – A senior Army combat aviator will play “Mother Ginger” in the 56th annual performance of Ballet Austin’s “The Nutcracker” Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. at the Long Performing Arts Center, Austin, Texas. Col. Christopher E. […]
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 […]
