By Lt. Col. Rudy Grimes, Senior Test Officer, Mission Command Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Despite numbing cold, whiteout snow conditions, high winds, freezing rain and occasional falling two-foot icicles, Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard (PAARNG) here are midway into testing a radically different personnel and […]
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Operational test of commercial airmobile crane aims to improve Army battlefield aviation maintenance
By Sgt. 1st Class Richard. A. Sosa, Rotary Division Research, Development, Test and Evaluation NCO, Aviation Test Directorate, U.S. Army Operational Test Command JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — The ability of Army helicopter repairers to support maintenance in remote locations may improve enormously if the airmobile Expeditionary Crane proves effective in austere environments during operational […]
Operational testing unit hosts first ‘Externship’ with local university college students
By Rosemary C. Gonzalez, Military Personnel Division chief, U.S. Army Operational Test Command WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — Nineteen Central Texas area college students connected with U.S. Army Operational Test Command mentors as part of the test unit’s Externship Friday. The Externship serves as an opportunity for OTC to reach beyond […]
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. […]
Additional Duty Safety Officer Course brings added safety to equipment testing unit
By Michael M. Novogradac, U.S. Army Operational Test Command Public Affairs Officer WEST FORT HOOD (Now designated Fort Cavazos), Texas — For the first time since 2012, the Army Combat Readiness Center sent a trainer here to provide a mobile, abbreviated version of its Ground Safety Officer Course targeted to operational testers. Dubbed locally as […]
