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11 June

After Oshkosh’s Loss, US Army Begins JLTV Contract With AM General

The US Army has begun awarding contracts to AM General to build its Joint Light Tactical Vehicles previously manufactured by Oshkosh Defense.

11 June

Joe Saballa

Nigerian Army to Receive More Tactical Vehicles for Counter-Terrorism Ops

The Nigerian Army will soon receive an additional fleet of tactical armored vehicles to boost its capability in combating various security challenges.

11 June

Soldiers move their belongings into a new barracks building on U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, May 31, 2024. They bring their personnel items and equipment to their rooms, which have shared kitchens and bathrooms for every two Soldiers, along with four gazebos and a barbecue shelter outside. (US Army photo by Kim Chong-yun) (Chong Yun Kim)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Inaugurates New Barracks for Servicemen in South Korea

The US Army Corps of Engineers - Far East District has opened new barracks for soldiers in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

11 June

Pictured: Members of the Pathfinder Platoon, 16 Air Assault brigade provide all round protection in RWMIK’s whilst the RAF ATLAS C.1 performs touch & go landings at Pembrey Sands beach. The reconnaissance troops who are first in for the British Army’s Global Response Force have tested how they can insert behind enemy lines in aircraft landing on impromptu runways. Mounted in heavily armed RWMIK patrol vehicles, troops from Pathfinders - the advance force for 16 Air Assault Brigade - were delivered onto Pembrey Sands in southwest Wales from an RAF ATLAS C.1 (A400M) aircraft. With the beach’s vast expanse exposed at low tide, the aircraft swooped in to land on an area that Pathfinders had identified as firm and large enough to land on and marked for the pilots. With its four engines still running, the aircraft dropped its back ramp for the vehicles to drive off, and then took off after being on the ground for the shortest possible time. The rising tide covered all evidence that the aircraft had ever been there, while Pathfinders quickly moved off into the Welsh countryside. In military jargon this is known as a Rapid Air Landing (RAL) on a Temporary Landing Zone (TLZ). For the aircraft of the RAF’s Air Mobility Force to be able to conduct these operations gives greater flexibility in how troops can be delivered on to an operation, in a more covert way and without being restricted to permanent runways that can be defended by enemy troops. Pathfinders are trained to infiltrate behind enemy lines and work in small patrols, either in vehicles or on foot, to find and relay vital information back to assist mission planning. A key role is identifying drop zones and landing zones where the main body of troops can be parachuted or landed by helicopter or aircraft. Alongside their primary reconnaissance role, Pathfinders provide a highly mobile strike force to support 16 Air Assault Bde missions by carrying out raids on high value targets or feints in supp

Rojoef Manuel

Babcock, Hobson to Boost Availability of British Army Ground Vehicles

Babcock has partnered with Hobson Industries to increase the availability of the British Army’s ground vehicles.

11 June

Staff Writer With AFP

S. Korea Fires Warning Shots After N. Korea Soldiers Briefly Cross Border

South Korean troops fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the border this week.

10 June

Sigma fully automatic self-propelled howitzer

Inder Singh Bisht

Israel Fields ‘World’s First Fully Automatic’ 155mm Howitzer

The Israel Defense Forces has fielded the Roem/Sigma self-propelled howitzer following a series of tests.

10 June

Firefighters from the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron Kaiserslautern Military Community Fire Emergency Services stand by after transporting a wounded warrior from a C-17 Globemaster III to an ambulance on Aug. 9, 2015, on Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Ramstein fire and medical personnel from the 10th Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Team and the 455th Critical Care Air Transport Team assisted with the aeromedical evacuation out of Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Leslie Keopka)

Rojoef Manuel

AFRL to Open Critical Care Simulation Hub in Ohio

The Air Force Research Laboratory is developing a simulation hub in Ohio to train Critical Care Air Transport teams.

7 June

First Lt. Steven Hunter and Spc. Matthew Thornton provide security with an M1135 Reconnaissance Vehicle equipped with chemical agent detectors Aug. 16. These chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear operations specialists assigned to the 23rd Chemical Battalion conducted hazardous response platoon training Aug. 16 at the Satsop nuclear power plant development in Elma, Wash.

Rojoef Manuel

US Seeks Nuclear Microreactor Prototype to Power Army Bases

The US Defense Innovation Unit has opened a commercial solicitation for a nuclear microreactor prototype capability to power US Army bases.

6 June

Inder Singh Bisht

Russians Test, Deploy Kamikaze Ground Drones in Ukraine War

A Russian state firm recently tested a pair of kamikaze ground robots in the Ukraine war.

6 June

U.S. and Philippines Army soldiers work in the Joint Operations Center during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Exportable (JPMRC-X) exercise on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, 31 May 2024. This iteration of JPMRC-X marks the first deployment to the Philippines, which will enable and assist the Philippines Army and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in building combat training center locations within the Philippines. The JPMRC-X is a Department of the Army initiative consisting of a deployable package of personnel and equipment designed to support training exercises across the Pacific. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Tommie Berry)

Rojoef Manuel

US, Philippine Army Launch Operations Center for Joint Pacific Exercise

The US and Philippine armies have inaugurated an operations center in Luzon to support a joint Pacific multinational readiness exercise.

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