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A partnership here between the John B. Mahaffey Museum Complex and the 5th Engineer Battalion is providing training opportunities for Soldiers while helping to satisfy an Army Museums directive to divest excess historic artifacts.
4 Herlong, Calif. – (May 12, 2021) When Babe Fain arrived to Sierra Army Depot as a newly-hired employee 32 years ago, she had little idea of what the future had in store for her career as an Army civilian. “I was hired to go to supply,” Fain said. “But they put me in the director’s office. So, I came on as a clerk-typist. We were just getting computers. We had typewriters back then.” These days, Fain – now 75-years old -- serves as a training assistant, managing training records for the depot’s 1,500 Department of the Army civilian employees through the Total ...
TACOM commanding general reflects on Afghanistan War Comments on withdrawal plan Speaking on the plan for all U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September, Maj. Gen. Darren Werner, commanding general, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Army Materiel Command, said he’s a very big supporter of the executive and legislative branch and the decisions they make on foreign policy. Photo provided by Darren Werner Advertisement MACOMB TOWNSHIP — Beginning May 1, the plan was for U.S. forces to withdraw from Afghanistan. A few weeks prior, President Joe Biden announced ...
Every Monday, Soldiers from all over post work in the motor pool to inspect their vehicles during preventative maintenance checks and services. Maybe the vehicle hasnât moved an inch from last week, or maybe the vehicle has been driven a few hundreds of miles. Regardless, maintenance is still happening every week on the same vehicle. In order to assist with this equipment that is not engaged in combat, underutilized, and excessively serviced, the U.S. Army developed Non-Combat Operations Maintenance Plans. Sgt. Kellen Chun, a maintenance Soldier with 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion...
3 DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich — The United Kingdom was the first adversary of the United States, but in modern history they have become one of its closest allies. U.S. and U.K. forces have stood side-by-side in both World Wars and in many other conflicts since the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Both countries strive to maintain their military alliance through close cooperation. One of those opportunities presented itself when Chris Bushell, Director General Land for the U.K. Ministry of Defence, visited the Detroit Arsenal to meet with U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armam...