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Posts Tagged US Army
Northrop Arms Robot Pack Mule With Big Gun
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 27/Oct/2010 17:48
Jon Anderson has seen a lot of gawkers pause at his Northrop Grumman booth in the Association of the U.S. Army’s Washington conference. Not that he’s odd-looking or off-putting: He’s a gregarious guy. The stares he’s getting are about the .50 caliber M2 machine gun he’s got mounted on a treaded robot — something Northrop isn’t even selling right now.“Quite frankly,†explains Anderson, a Northrop advanced-systems employee with short white hair and a whiter smile, “a weapon on a robot brings people into the booth.â€
That it does. For the past few years, Northrop has produced a treaded, 60-inch robot vehicle to help troops haul their gear called the Carry-all Mechanized Equipment Landrover, or CaMEL.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/what-robo-haulers-need-now-big-guns/#ixzz13bONTR48
Loading a Chinook in Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 23/Oct/2010 16:45
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From Left: Spc. Christopher Hickey, Spc. Xavier De Leon and Sgt. Alexander Correa prepare attach a sling load to a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter at Forward Operating Base Altimur in Logar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2009.
Latest version of Medal of Honor used by Army for training – but does not name the enemy
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Training, Warriors on 20/Oct/2010 17:56
The Army's Joint Training Counter-IED Operations Integration Center uses game software to train soldiers better.
“This past week marked the release of the latest version of Medal of Honor, a videogame that has come under a great deal of fire since it was revealed that in its newest iteration players would be able to assume the role of Taliban fighters and fire on American troops. After fielding protests and complaints, Electronic Arts made a last-minute decision to rename the terrorists in the game, calling them “an opposing force†instead of “the Taliban.â€
The controversy is hardly a surprise, given that the game addresses an ongoing conflict, a fight where moms and dads, brothers, sisters and friends are still in harm’s way. What is surprising is that playing a videogame where players can assume the role of terrorists is something that the U.S. Army not only understands, but actively develops and plays on a regular basis.”
Rookie Medic – Trouble with His Pack
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic, Training on 9/Oct/2010 15:16
Rookie medic has some trouble with his pack.
5th SBCT Troops Patrol Afghan West of FOB Ramrod Afghanistan
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 8/Oct/2010 22:34
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Spc. Lucas Yonkman of Alpha Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team inspects a digging device next to a large hole along with an Afghan national army service member. Photo by Sgt. Chris Florence
Dismounted Patrol near Combat Outpost Herrera
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 8/Oct/2010 22:31
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U.S. Army Sgt. Zachary Adkins, from Sweetland, W.Va., conducts a dismounted patrol with his platoon near Combat Outpost Herrera, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 11, 2009. The Soldiers were searching for sites from which the Taliban has been using to fire rockets at the outpost. Adkins is deployed with Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment. Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith
Civil Military Support Team provide security during visit with Chief of Police Col. Abdul Rauf
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 8/Oct/2010 22:30
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U.S. Army Spc. Clarence Wright, an artilleryman with the Civil Military Support Team and an Andrews, S.C. resident, along with an Afghan National Policemen provide security during a visit with Chief of Police Col. Abdul Rauf, Ghulam Ali, Parwan province, Oct. 5. Korean Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader Won Hyuk Im visits with Col. Rauf to discuss further assistance with training the ANP. Photo by Spc Kristina Gupton
Troops Drop Off Needed School Supplies
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 28/Sep/2010 21:46
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10th Mountain soldiers stationed at Camp Mike Spann and Afghan National Army soldiers from Camp Shaheen visited Aliabad school in the Nahr-e Shahi District to deliver school supplies during a humanitarian mission. Before the supplies were distributed, several distinguished guests gave speeches about the future of Afghan education. Religious Cultural Advisor Col. Ahmad Sha Ariawi, ANA 209th Corps, stated that it is the ANA’s responsibility to provide freedom and peace to the region so that Afghan children can pursue a meaningful education. The ceremony also included a blessing from an imam before participants placed the first foundation stones at the site where the school will undergo construction for an expansion. The 10th Mountain donated several chalk boards, writing paper and pencils. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Casey Martin
173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers arrive at Forward Operation Base Joyce
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 2/Sep/2010 19:22
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade arrive to Forward Operation Base Joyce, Afghanistan in a CH-47D Chinook helicopter, Dec. 17, 2009 Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade
Photo from Baghdad humanitarian aid mission
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News, Warriors on 19/Aug/2010 19:48
Sgt. 1st Class Patrick Rollins, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, from Rock Hill, S.C., talks with children near Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, during a humanitarian aid mission. Photo by Mary Phillips
Last U.S. Combat Brigade Pulls Out Of Iraq
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 19/Aug/2010 02:04
U.S. Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division race toward the border from Iraq into Kuwait Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. The soldiers are part of the last combat brigade to leave Iraq as part of the drawdown of U.S. forces. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
“KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait — As their convoy reached the barbed wire at the border crossing out of Iraq on Wednesday, the soldiers whooped and cheered. Then they scrambled out of their stifling hot armored vehicles, unfurled an American flag and posed for group photos.
For these troops of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, it was a moment of relief fraught with symbolism. Seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion, the last American combat brigade was leaving Iraq”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/18/us-combat-troops-iraq_n_687019.html
U.S. donates $132,000 in medical supplies
Posted by Jack Sinclair in Medic, News on 15/Aug/2010 22:20
Transit Center at Manas Airmen unload about $80,000 of medical supplies at the National Hospital Aug. 13. The U.S. State Department approved the donation for the hospital as well as four others: National Trauma Center, National Surgical Center, Pediatric Hospital #3 and Besh-Kungei Military Hospital, to aid with long-term and follow up care for June victims of the violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan. A total of $132,000 in medical supplies we delivered by the Airmen Aug. 13. Photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier
Pakistan Flood Relief
U.S. Army Sgt. Kristopher Perkins, a Chinook crew chief with Company B, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, TF Falcon, holds a child in his lap after picking up 114 Pakistan victims during flood relief missions, Aug. 11, 2010, out of the Swat valley, Pakistan. Photo by Sgt. Monica K. Smith
US ARMY taking MultiCam to Afghanisan
Posted by Gary in Clothing, Warrior Tools on 12/Aug/2010 17:50
From: ARMY.Mil
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 11, 2010) — Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan will now go with a new uniform in their mobility bag — one that fights fire and fleas, and makes them more invisible to insurgents.
The next generation of uniform for Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom bears the new “OEF camouflage pattern” — called OCP for short. The pattern is better suited than the “Universal Camouflage Pattern” to blend-in in the Afghanistan environment. It is also known as “MultiCam.
Fort Bragg Hosts Multinational Training Exercise
Posted by Jack Sinclair in News on 6/Aug/2010 02:07
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Egyptian paratroopers sail to the ground during a "friendship jump" airborne operation at Fort Bragg, N.C., featuring airborne forces from five countries, including the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. The jump was part of the Bright Star Exercise, a joint, multinational training exercise being held at Fort Bragg from Sept. 28 - Oct. 12. Photo by Sgt. Michael Pryor