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One day in 1979, during Christmas break, I snuck into my parents bedroom while they were away to see if I could get a peek at what "Santa" would be bringing. I just knew that this was the year I would be getting that Atari 2600 that I had been begging for on every Christmas and birthday for the previous two years. I slid open the closet door ever so quietly, paranoid that they might hear me even though they were miles away at the time. Amongst the various shopping bags holding what was obviousl...

1 Mark Hansberger, while serving as the antiterrorism program manager at Letterkenny Army Depot, was selected as an Antiterrorism Honor Role Honoree as part of the Army Antiterrorism Awards for fiscal year 20. Hansberger’s efforts directly contributed to LEAD receiving an exceptional rating for best practices during the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s annual assessment in fiscal year 20. “I am incapable of taking all the credit for this award,” Hansberger said. ...

Everyone should be a good steward of the government’s resources, but one employee of the Aviation and Missile Command took the responsibility a step further, which could save upward of $2 million. Packaging specialist Kevin Threats was the project lead on a package redesign for a new iteration of a mid- and short-range reconnaissance system. His proposed design would reuse containers from the current model to package and ship the new design for unit fielding. “The Soldier Unmanned Air...

By LEE ROOP | al.com | Published: April 9, 2021 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Tribune News Service) — Government contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has won a $3.6 billion contract to support the Army at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. The contract is for engineering services that include systems testing, trainers and “virtual, interactive and multimedia systems,” the company said in a contract announcement. Some of the work also involves using real combat hardware with ...

In a workforce as large and geographically diverse as that of the Aviation and Missile Command, there are many unsung heroes doing remarkable things to support America’s warfighters on a daily basis. Most, if not all, understand the importance of what they do and take great satisfaction knowing they have a job that makes a difference to the Army, the Department of Defense and the country as a whole. Jessica Blain is a logistics management specialist matrixed to the Missile Defense Agency i...

Fewer than 600 individuals in the Army wear chief warrant officer five rank. The Aviation and Missile Command’s missile maintenance officer is now among them. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Araceli Rial is the second female to earn this rank in the Air Defense Artillery Branch but the first in her military occupational specialty. “I am humbled and ever so grateful,” she said of the distinction. “I am very glad that we have women included in the most senior warrant officer grade and...

This is the 30-year anniversary of the Gulf War, the military operation to reverse Iraq’s August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Garfield Teixeria, an Aviation and Missile Command logistics management specialist, served in Desert Storm with the 44th Medical Brigade. After being in the Army and receiving four years of training, he was slated to deploy in support of the mission after relocating from South Korea to Fort Benning, Georgia. “At the time I was young and naïve,” Teixeria sai...

Atari Partners with RTFKT Studio on Limited-Edition NFT Fashion Series NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 11, 2021 / Atari® (OTC PINK:PONGF) - one of the worlds most iconic consumer brands and entertainment producers - today announced a partnership with RTFKT to create a limited NFT Atari-themed fashion series. The first collaboration is a one-of-a-kind Atari Sneaker that, in addition to being an incredible work of art and valuable collectible, will also be available for use across multiplayer ...

Recent Guard UH-60 crashes do not indicate systemic problem, Army official says March 8 The wreckage of a UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter sits in a field in Mendon, NY., Jan. 21, 2021. Three National Guard members were killed in the crash. (Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat & Chronicle via AP) WASHINGTON — The Army National Guard has seen three UH-60 L-model Black Hawk utility helicopter crashes on U.S. soil in just over a year. Two of those happened within the first five weeks ...

4 REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – This is the 30-year anniversary of the Gulf War, the military operation to reverse Iraq’s August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Garfield Teixeira, a U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command logistics management specialist, served in Desert Storm with the 44th Medical Brigade. After being in the Army and receiving four years of training, he was slated to deploy in support of the mission after relocating from South Korea to Fort Benning, Georgia. “At the...