By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – The unit here that conducts independent operational tests of Army equipment systems promoted its new Civilian Executive Director into the Senior Executive Service Friday. Harker Heights resident John W. Diem became the eighth executive […]
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Fort Bliss ADA Soldiers contribute to modernization during Patriot missile test
By Maj. Brent L. Davis, Air Defense Artillery Test Division, Fires Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico – Fort Bliss, Texas Air Defense Artillery Soldiers engaged one tactical ballistic missile here, with a PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor and a PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) […]
MEDIA ADVISORY – John Diem to assume duties as Civilian Executive Director of U.S. Army Operational Test Command Friday
WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas – John W. Diem will be promoted into the senior executive service as Civilian Executive Director of the U.S. Army Operational Test Command in a ceremony at its headquarters here Friday at 2 p.m. Diem will become the only senior executive service member at Fort Hood […]
Engineers test new video display in mine protected vehicle
By Maj. Jason E. Carney, Test Officer, Maneuver Support and Sustainment Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri – A platoon of route clearance Engineer Soldiers here will be testing a new Multi-Functional Video Display (MVD) for the Medium Mine Protected Vehicle (MMPV) Type II beginning Wednesday. The […]
Rugged Alaska terrain sees Field Artillery Soldiers test new laser targeting system
By Chief Warrant Officer 4 Robert J. Stoll, Fires Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs FORT GREELY, Alaska – Ten Field Artillery Soldiers tested the Joint Effects Targeting System Target Laser Designation System (JETS-TLDS) at the Cold Regions Test Center here recently. The JETS-TLDS is a modular advanced sensor suite of three […]
UPDATE: OTC to host Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame Induction ceremony
Thursday evening, the U.S. Army Operational Test Command honored its Operational Testers’ Hall of Fame inductees — Michael B. Nott of Harker Heights, Texas, and Gayle S. Shull of Belton, Texas — during a dinner at Fort Hood (Now designated Fort Cavazos)’s Club Hood. During the dinner, OTC Commander Brig. Gen John C. Ulrich said, […]
