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Posts Tagged U.S. Army
Army Looking For Better, Bigger Rifle
From Military.com:
U.S. Army weapon officials just opened a competition for a new 7.62mm Interim Service Combat Rifle to arm infantry units with a weapon potent enough to penetrate enemy body armor.
“The Army has identified a potential gap in the capability of ground forces and infantry to penetrate body armor using existing ammunition. To address this operational need, the Army is looking for an Interim Combat Service Rifle (ICSR) that is capable of defeating emerging threats,” according to an Aug. 4 solicitation posted on FedBizOpps.gov.
Wireless Thermal/NVG Scope Connects To Helmet
From KitUp:
In three years, the Army hopes to start fielding the Family of Weapon Sights-Individual, a new lightweight thermal weapon sight that is designed to communicate wirelessly with the service’s latest Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG).
Linking these two technologies creates a new capability called Rapid Target Acquisition, according to Lt. Col. Timothy Fuller, product manager for Soldier Maneuver Sensors at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Woman Was Oldest Female Vet at 108
From Stars and Stripes:
The nation’s oldest woman veteran, Lucy Coffey, died Thursday in San Antonio. She was 108.
A small-town girl from a farm in Martinsville, Indiana, Coffey had a sense of adventure. She left the farm for Chicago, then moved to Dallas, where she was working at an A&P supermarket on Dec. 7, 1941 — the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
Radiation Cancer Risks
Posted by Gary in Medic, News, Threat Watch on 17/Mar/2011 15:11
Radiation Cancer Risks
U.S. Army guidelines for safety in radioactive environments.
PRT Zabul Begins Process to Renovate School in Mizan District, Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 5/Oct/2010 01:31
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U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Murphy, rifleman for Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul and New Brighton, Pa., native, measures a rooftop of a school near Combat Outpost Mizan, Zabul Province, Aug. 14. PRT Zabul is working to renovate the school as part of an ongoing effort to improve Mizan District. Photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon