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U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright presented a box of thank-you cards, notes and posters that he collected through his "Gratitude for the Guard" campaign to members of Alpha Troop, 2-104 Cavalry Squadron at the armory in Hazleton on Saturday afternoon.
Print this article Soldiers with Alpha Troop, First Battalion, Sixth Infantry Regiment, Second Armored Brigade Combat Team, First Armored Division, in the Central Command area of responsibility, October 27, 2020. The soldiers are in Syria to support the Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve mission. (Specialist Jensen Guillory/US Army) To think the U.S. is the key to building a modern Syrian state from scratch is to engage in poor judgment and wishful thinking. President Joe Biden’s national-security staff is in the midst of a number of inter...
Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division Leadership Commander COL Geoffrey A. Whittenberg Colonel Geoffrey A. Whittenberg graduated as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Oklahoma State University's ROTC program in 1997, with a degree in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (Forestry), and received his commission as an Aviation Officer. He attended the Aviation Officer Basic Course and graduated flight school in 1998 as an OH-58D-rated Aviator. His first assignment after flight school was in the 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York,...
The Pentagon has just released a new manual that lays out how the United States might destroy North Korea’s nukes. Army Techniques Publication No. 3-90.40, “Combined Arms Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction,” explains U.S. doctrine for neutralizing WMDs. The guidelines focus on the nuts and bolts of counter-WMD combined-arms operations by brigade combat teams, or BCTs. In other words, how regular Army combat brigades should deal with nuclear, biological or chemical weapons. Though the manual doesn’t specifically mention North Korea, many of its recommendations would apply should la...
But could it destroy them all? Here's What You Need to Remember: Special emphasis is placed on reconnaissance and intelligence collection to identify WMD sites. The manual distinguishes between seizing WMDs, which means using force to capture them from the enemy, and securing sites so that no one manages to walk off with a nuke or a nerve-gas bomb in the confusion. The Pentagon has just released a new manual that lays out how the United States might destroy North Korea’s nukes. Army Techniques Publication No. 3-90.40, “Combined Arms Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction,” explains U.S...