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Cooley to face court-martial in historic first By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — A sexual assault charge has been referred to general court-martial in the case of Air Force Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. General Court-Martial Convening Authority Gen. Arnold. W. Bunch Jr., Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) commander, referred one charge under the Uniform...

1 VILSECK, Germany – When they were stationed in the Army together in Hawaii in the early ‘90s and met for the very first time, never would they have imagined they would move from duty station to duty station together, deploy multiple times together, and serve as Soldiers for Life together their entire adult lives. Phil Smalley was an Army specialist serving as a power, refrigeration and air conditioning technician. Loriann Smalley was an Army sergeant working as a tactical ...

Everbridge wins US Army contract to power JARVISS system Most Read 15 April 2021 (Last Updated April 15th, 2021 15:36) Critical event management (CEM) company Everbridge has been contracted to support the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Analytic Real-Time Virtual Information Sharing System (JARVISS). Share Article Critical event management (CEM) company Everbridge has been contracted to support the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint ...

Frederick, Maryland, shooting suspect – a Navy medic – is gunned down at Fort Detrick after two wounded at industrial park John Bacon, USA TODAY © AP This photo provided by WJLA, police respond to the scene of a shooting in in Frederick, Md., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Two people were critically wounded in a shooting spree at an industrial park in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday before the suspect was fatally shot at a nearby military installation, police said. The suspec...

Frederick, Maryland, shooting suspect – a Navy medic – is gunned down at Fort Detrick after two wounded at industrial park John Bacon, USA TODAY © AP This photo provided by WJLA, police respond to the scene of a shooting in in Frederick, Md., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Two people were critically wounded in a shooting spree at an industrial park in Frederick, Maryland, on Tuesday before the suspect was fatally shot at a nearby military installation, police said. The suspec...

Air Force report: Airmen in fatal Kuwaiti accident were not wearing helmets, seatbelts Thomas Gnau © Provided by Dayton Daily News Flowers and messages cover Senior Airman Jason Phan’s vehicle in the long-term parking lot at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Sept. 16. Phan, a 66th Security Forces Squadron entry controller, was killed in a non-combat related accident while serving overseas, Sept. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt) An Air Force Materiel Command in...

Dutch government pledges 38 million euros to upgrade U.S. Army APS-2 site in Netherlands Dutch government pledges 38 million euros to upgrade U.S. Army APS-2 site in Netherlands U.S. Army photo by Naomi Van Loon. Dutch government pledges 38 million euros to upgrade U.S. Army APS-2 site in Netherlands EYGELSHOVEN, Netherlands -- The Netherlands Minister of Defense Ank Bijleveld announced March 24 during a press conference at the Army Prepositioned Stock-2 Eygelshoven site that the Dutch governme...

Operation Warp Speed Helped Spur ‘Manufacturing Miracle’ in US WASHINGTON—Operation Warp Speed, which was forged by the Trump administration to ramp up the development, production, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, resembles the U.S. industrial mobilization effort during World War II, according to experts. Because of the partnership between the government, military, and private sector, the vaccines were delivered within a seemingly impossible timeline. Former President Donald Trump ...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on March 15, 2021 at 1:53 PM The two contenders for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA), just one of 35 priority modernization programs: The Bell 360 Invictus (top) and the Sikorsky Raider-X (bottom) WASHINGTON: Officials from across the Army are thrashing out how to field a host of new weapons to combat units without disrupting readiness and training. “We’re conducting rock drills right now,” said Lt. Gen. Thomas Todd, head of acquisi...

  The M109A6 Paladin 155 mm along with the M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FAASV) provides the primary indirect-fire support to Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT), Infantry Brigade Combat Teams and Stryker Brigade Combat Teams. Like the earlier M109 models, the M109A6 Paladin is a fully tracked, armored vehicle. The M109A6 Paladin configuration was achieved through modifications to earlier-built M109A2 and A3 vehicle hulls and the introduction of an entirely new cab and cann...