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11 What has outstanding offensive and defensive capability and represents the aweing tip of the spear in a major land war? It’s the M1A2 System Enhancement Package (SEP) version 3 (v3) main battle tank, which wrapped up extensive cold-weather testing at U.S. Army Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC) this winter to ensure it functions as it should wherever in the world it could be called on to serve. Since testing at the Department of Defense’s lone extreme cold natural environment testing facility began in January 2020, the SEPv3 was driven more than 2,000 miles in rugged condi...

The final four candidates for New Braunfels’ next police chief took time out from interviews with city staffers to speak with those they hope to serve – regular citizens. Mark Schauer, Keith Lane, Rich Guajardo and Troy Gay, all vying to be top cop in the city, received a warm welcome during a Tuesday evening reception at City Hall. All have final interviews Wednesday with City Manager Robert Camareno and assistant city managers. “We welcome all of them to our community, and it’s a wonderful community,” Camareno said to the quartet of men hoping to succeed Tom Wibert,...

Troy Gay Mark Schauer Troy Gay and Rich Guajardo, both from Austin, and Mark Schauer from Corpus Christi — all with more than 30 years in their current departments — join Interim Chief Keith Lane, formerly of Haltom City, near Fort Worth, as finalists for the position. “We were pleased to see such a strong field of diverse and qualified candidates,” City Manager Robert Camareno said of the four who made the final cut to succeed Tom Wibert, who retired Oct. 2 after 10 years leading the New Braunfels Police Department. The city’s national search began in November. Assis...

Ronna McDaniel for Michigan governor? Report stirs speculation Lansing — Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, revealed this week that she's considered running against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the 2022 election, according to a Thursday report from Politico. The national news outlet said McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Michigan  Republican Party, made the remark during "a closed-door meeting on Wednesday with RNC members in Dallas." The report has drawn the attention of Michigan Republicans who are still looking for a candidate to take on Whitmer, ...

Small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) are the latest wonder of the aviation world. The United States military has used unmanned aircraft for decades to perform dangerous reconnaissance and attack missions that save Soldiers’ lives. As the technology proliferates, however, America’s adversaries could potentially use sUAS to target Soldiers, necessitating robust counter-sUAS (C-sUAS) defenses for use anywhere American forces may be deployed. U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) provided the ideal backdrop for a week-long C-sUAS demonstration held in April and focused on t...