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Army Wants to Spend Nearly $10 Billion to Revamp its Barracks

October 22, 2020
An employee from the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Directorate of Public Works installs vinyl flooring in a day room in barracks building 1206 Aug. 27, 2020, on Clay Kaserne. Day rooms provide a space for recreation and unwinding. (Army photo by Emily Jennings) The U.S. Army plans to spend nearly $10 billion repairing its barracks over the next decade to improve soldiers’ standard of…
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Army Wants Missile to Kill Enemy Targets Beyond 900 Miles

October 22, 2020
A precision strike missile was fired on April 30, 2020, at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and hit a target 85 kilometers away. (Lockheed Martin) U.S. Army modernization officials want to field a new mid-range missile that can kill targets at triple the distance of…
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Army Wants to Spot-Promote Officers Moved into Hard-to-Fill Jobs

October 22, 2020
Maj. Tatchie Manso, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, smiles as Elena, Manso’s wife, pins on his new rank during a ceremony at Fort Knox, Ky., Dec. 11, 2019. (U.S. Army) As part of the upcoming round of the Army’s new officer assignment system, a select group of officers could get promoted early if chosen for typically hard-to-fill jobs across the service. Known as brevet, or spot…
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Army: No Requests Made for Use of Troops Around Election

October 22, 2020
This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Army leaders said Tuesday that they have not received any requests to use active-duty or National Guard troops for possible civil unrest surrounding the presidential election…
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As Private Sector Races to Develop a COVID-19 Vaccine, Army Takes Guarded Approach

October 22, 2020
A research microbiologist harvests samples of coronavirus in a Biosafety Level 3 laboratory at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md. (U.S. Army/William FBill Discher) As commercial manufacturers push their COVID-19 vaccine candidates through the final phases of clinical trials, researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, or WRAIR, are…
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The Army Is Paying $87 Million for An Upgraded Carl Gustaf

October 22, 2020
M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System that fires an 84mm munition. (Image: Saab) U.S. Army weapons officials have awarded an $87 million contract to Saab for the latest version of its potent 84mm recoilless rifle, a devastating weapon against enemy…
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Army Commanders Will Soon Be Able to Track 'Risky Behavior' Trends Across the Service

October 22, 2020
A U.S. Army military policeman demonstrates how to properly place handcuffs on an individual at United States Army Garrison Benelux, Belgium, in January 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie) The Army is fielding a sophisticated new computer dashboard tool this month that’s designed to help commanders track their soldiers’ risky behaviors…
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