DefenceTalkIn support of on-going efforts to make command posts more resilient, mobile and survivable, the Army is pushing to get Secure Wi-Fi to the field to help gain an operational edge against potential peer and near-peer adversaries. Following the relocation of a command post on the battlefield, referred to as a “jump,” Secure Wi-Fi enables […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-pushing-to-get-secure-wi-fi-on-battlefield-to-gain-strategic-edge-over-enemies-71061/

DefenceTalkThe Army’s senior logistician told National Guard leaders to ensure their units are ready for the next war, because wherever and whenever it is, it will take the total force to fight and win. “Place yourself on the battlefield and work left,” Army Materiel Command’s Gen. Gus Perna said via teleconference to more than 400 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rethink-readiness-to-prepare-for-next-war-says-us-armys-top-logistics-general-71039/

DefenceTalkThe likelihood is high that the Army won’t get to pick the time and place of its choosing for the next battle, said Gen. Robert Abrams. But it’s likely that the next battle will take place in a megacity, said Abrams, commander of U.S. Army Forces Command. He spoke, Nov. 30, here during the Future […]https://www.defencetalk.com/next-generation-combat-vehicle-must-be-effective-in-megacities-forscom-commander-70906/

DefenceTalkThe 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) is the first unit to receive the Army’s new Modular Handgun System that began fielding the M17 and M18 pistols, Nov 28. “This is another 101st first,” said Maj. Gen. Andrew P. Poppas, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) commander. “Our 75-year legacy is full of landmark moments like this.” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/101st-airborne-division-fields-us-armys-new-modular-handgun-system-70895/

DefenceTalkMore than 200 soldiers from the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command participated in Artemis Strike 2017, a German-led multinational tactical live fire exercise Nov. 2-9, 2017 at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece. Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment worked with more than 650 German airmen from the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-artemis-strike-showcases-us-army-multinational-forces-70809/

DefenceTalkFORT GREELY, Alaska — Ten Field Artillery Soldiers tested the Joint Effects Targeting System Target Laser Designation System at the Cold Regions Test Center here recently. The JETS-TLDS is a modular advanced sensor suite of three components, the hand-held target location module, precision azimuth and vertical angle module, and laser marker module. According to Staff […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-field-artillery-soldiers-test-new-laser-targeting-system-70693/

DefenceTalkAlthough a fully-equipped medical evacuation aircraft with a trained crew and pilot will likely always be the best option to get a wounded Soldier off the battlefield, the Army is looking at unmanned aerial systems as a possible “plan B” for when that ideal isn’t possible. “There’s really a lot of opportunity to be gained […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-looking-into-unmanned-medevac-medical-resupply-70681/

DefenceTalkSoldiers today move about in and conduct combat operations from, among other things, the Stryker, the Bradley, or the Abrams tank. But the Army has started work now to determine what will take Soldiers to the fight in 2035 and beyond. The Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia, provisionally stood up a cross-functional […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-looking-at-the-next-generation-of-combat-vehicles-70594/

DefenceTalkORO GRANDE RANGE, N.M.: Power. Power and lethality are what artillery crewmen assigned to M777 howitzers feel every time they pull the cord to send a round up to 15 miles downrange. Every outgoing shot feels like a shockwave, and the boom is deafening. Nerve. Nerve and precision are needed when standing beneath the spinning […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-soldiers-demonstrate-power-and-lethality-in-field-artillery-exercise-70541/

DefenceTalkMOHAMED NAGUIB MILITARY BASE, Egypt — Across a vast landscape speckled with shrubbery, two armies met on a battlefield intent on defeating a common adversary. From planning and coordination all the way through to execution and battle tracking, U.S. and Egyptian forces collaborated during Exercise Bright Star 2017 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-cavalry-troops-partnerships-egyptian-exercise-70538/