Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer met with Maj. Gen. John F. King, commander of Contingency Command Post 1 and Task Force 51 for U.S. Army North and the Joint Force Land Component Command, to discuss the deployment of the military medical personnel in Window Rock, Ariz., on Dec. 14, 2020. (Courtesy photo by Navajo Nation)
The military has sent medical personnel to the vast Navajo Nation…
US Army and South Korea’s Hanwha will research projects together
December 17, 2020
WASHINGTON — Hanwha, South Korea’s largest defense company, and the U.S. Army have signed an agreement to research and develop defense systems and technologies together, according to a statement from the Asian firm.
The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement…
Army Combat Medics Evaluate Lifelike Female Trauma Mannequin
December 17, 2020
Capt. Daniel Karakas (right), a medical corps officer at Winn Army Community Hospital, checks a female mannequin for breathing, while Spc. Ekya Graham, an aviation operation specialist assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, holds pressure on a wound to stop…
The F-35′s interoperability tech strengthens US alliances
December 16, 2020
The U.S. State Department recently gave the green light to Finland and Switzerland to purchase the F-35 aircraft. It’s not a fait accompli — the F-35 still needs to win each country’s competitions — but it’s telling that two friendly, but non-NATO, European countries are seriously considering the adoption of America’s fifth-generation, front-line fighter as their own.
The interest…
Newt Gingrich and loyalists tapped for Defense Policy Board as Henry Kissinger is ousted
December 15, 2020
WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration continued efforts to replace Pentagon advisers with loyalists as it tapped former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and others Monday to replace ousted members of the Defense Policy Board, an independent outside body.
Weeks after former…
U.S. Army Sgt. Gage Stancell, right, looks through binoculars as Sgt. Gentry Squier describes where he saw a drone during an unmanned aerial system training exercise at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, April 24, 2020. (U.S. Army/Spc. Angel Ruszkiewicz)
The…
US Army launches design phase for Bradley replacement
December 10, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is launching a phase for the concept design of its future Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, which is intended to replace the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
The service held a virtual industry day Dec. 9 for the $4.6 billion and plans to release a request for proposals to move into the design phase by the end of the month, according to a Dec. 9 Army statement…
WASHINGTON — Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy could stay on as the service’s top civilian for as long as one year under the Biden Administration, several people close to the president-elect’s transition team told Defense News.
The move, if it happens, would likely make…
LONDON – British Ministry of Defence officials have confirmed the military will buy more than the 48 F-35B combat jets already on order, but they were reluctant to be drawn on exactly when and how many aircraft may eventually be involved when they gave evidence…
Official: Trump to Attend the Army-Navy Game at West Point
December 8, 2020
President Donald J. Trump walks across Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 14, 2019, during the 120th Army-Navy Game. (Erik Estrada/U.S. Marine Corps)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend this weekend’s Army–Navy football game in New York, the U.S. Naval Academy‘s athletic director said Monday.
The game on Saturday at the U.S. Military…