Army Planning Big Boost to Pacific Operations Next Year with More Training, Deployments and Equipment The Army is seeking to better prepare itself for a potential conflict in the Pacific, with increased spending on regional...
How the Army Is Getting the Lead Out and Going to 'Green' Ammo The Army is getting the lead out -- of small-caliber ammunition, that is. Tungsten eventually will replace lead in all small...
The Army Isn't Getting Rid of Its M4s and SAWs Any Time Soon, General Says The Army is moving quickly toward a replacement for the M4 carbine and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon machine gun.
Army Wants Deadlier Land Mines that Attack Enemy Tanks from Above The Army's search for a deadlier anti-tank mine system is part of a larger effort by the service to prepare for a future war.
Army Wants Tens of Thousands of New Night Vision Devices for Drivers, Support Soldiers The service awarded a $22 billion contract to Microsoft to produce IVAS for about 120,000 soldiers in close-combat units.
Army Investigating After National Guard Loses Rifle During Virginia Training Event Special agents with Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating an incident in which the National Guard lost a...
Army Units to Deploy with Less Equipment, Use More Prepositioned War Stocks for Missions The Army has five caches of combat vehicles and other large warfighting equipment prepositioned around the world.
Plans for Army's Stryker-Mounted Laser Shoot-Off Enter Final Stages Teams from Northrop Grumman and Raytheon will take their Stryker vehicle prototype to Fort Sill, Oklahoma this spring.
The Army’s Newest Vehicle Is Actually a Heavy-Duty Bridge The U.S. Army just finished operational testing of a new, mobile assault bridge, designed to cross battlefield barriers.
Army Cost Estimates on Next-Generation Vehicle Programs Need Work, GAO Finds The GAO recommended that the Army direct the OMFV and MPF programs to update their cost estimate.
Army Unveils Occupational Fields that Need More Soldiers – and Bonuses to Get Them Filled Referred to as "precision retention," the program highlights overcrowded occupational specialties, such as cavalry scouts and...
'Band of Brothers' Actors Are Training to Parachute into Normandy for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day With the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy approaching in June, some of the actors decided they would...
Army 4-Star Who Pressured Panel to Help Career of Unfit Officer Suspended, Facing Pentagon Investigation The case of Gen. Charles Hamilton, who oversees Army Materiel Command, was also referred by the Army to the Defense...
The State Department’s New Armored Vehicle Is on Another Level As if you needed another reason to apply for embassy duty.
The Hardest Part of Special Operations Selection Programs – and How to Handle It Contrary to what one might expect, the most arduous part of a U.S. special operations selection program is not the actual...