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Friends, families and neighbors to First Army – Division West, gathered to observe an Assumption of Responsibilities ceremony for the division’s new command sergeant major at Cameron Parade Field Feb.

WEST FORT HOOD — Hundreds watched a virtual retirement ceremony honoring the 40-plus year career of the top Army civilian employee of the unit here that tests all new and

If you served in the U.S. Army in the past 40 years, odds are the gear you used was either designed or tested by John Diem and his team at Operational Test Command.

Gen. Joseph M. Martin will be honored by his alma mater in a livestreamed broadcast of the UofL Alumni Awards on Oct. 21 during Homecoming Week.

1 of 3 Greywolf troopers with 3rd Bde. Eng. Bn., 3rd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., dash across a Joint Assault Bridge in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle during a combined arms breach exercise, June 6, at Fort Hood. The exercise marked the first time in history that both an M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Main Battle Tank and a M109A7 Paladin have crossed over the JAB. Photo by Sgt. Calab Franklin, 3rd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs Photo by Sgt. Calab Franklin, 3rd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affai...

A former 1st Cavalry Division deputy commander and current commander of U.S. Army North was nominated by President Joe Biden on Monday for a new command. Lt. Gen. Laura J. Richardson was nominated for a fourth star and to take over U.S. Southern Command, which has responsibility for Central and South America. Richardson was the first female 1st Cavalry deputy commander from 2012-2013, and was a brigadier general at the time. In her time at Fort Hood, she made headlines as the first female to le...

Advertisement Field Artillery Soldiers will soon be ready to test-fire the modernized Army Tactical Missile System at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment will undergo intensive training here on the latest versions of software before operational testing. Due to the upcoming DoD cluster munition ban, the Army has been working persistently to provide an accurate and lethal substitute for the legacy Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition ...

  Sgt. Ean Hul, a vehicle commander with Bravo Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, guides his driver as they reconnect the Joint Assault Bridge to the Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB) after passing the task force over a natural gap during operational testing of the Joint Assault Bridge (JAB) at Fort Riley, Kansas.  (Photo Credit: Mr. Tad Browning, Lead Audiovisual Production Specialist, U.S. Army Operational Test Comm...