By Lt. Col. Jerry L. Jones Jr., Test Officer, Maneuver Test Directorate, U.S. Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — 82nd Airborne Division Paratroopers helping the Army make decisions on its newest program to provide Infantry Soldiers with a mixed reality headset. Working toward a future when cloud services, squad radios, and necessary combat […]
Fort Cavazos
U.S. Army Operational Test Command holds change of command ceremony
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – (June 30, 2022) Friends, family, and workers of the unit charged with testing equipment to make sure Soldiers fight with the best gear possible held its change of command ceremony Thursday. “My son George […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Army Operational Test Command to change commanders Thursday at West Ft. Hood
WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — The unit responsible for testing new and modernized Army equipment will welcome a new commander during a change of command ceremony 9 a.m. Thursday. Incoming Commander Col. George C. Hackler arrives to the U.S. Army Operational Test Command as its 31st commander after serving as division […]
‘There is nobody else I would want to be deployed with’
‘There is nobody else I would want to be deployed with’ Story by. Capt. Taylor Criswell, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade Public Affairs ILLESHEIM, Germany— Currently deployed together in Europe, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Noah Day and Spc. Tanesha Day reflect on life in the Army during Month of the Military Child which recognizes the important […]
1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade Execute Revised ACFT
1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade Executes Revised ACFT Lt. Col. Christopher Flores, Special Troops Battalion commander discuses how the Troopers within the Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, take diagnostic ACFT with the revises recently made to ensure Soldiers are prepared when the ACFT is for record in October at Fort Hood (Now designated […]
Airborne U.S. Army Special Operations Command troops test new RA-1 Ram Air parachute automatic activation device
By Mr. Richard Hedgecock, Military Test Plans Analyst, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT BRAGG, North Carolina – Airborne equipment testers here are busy with Special Operations Soldiers testing the Army’s newest Enhanced Electronic Automatic Activation Device (EEAAD). The Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate (ABNSOTD) is gathering data […]
