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National Defense
November 2004
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Marines Recruit Skydiving Machines for Combat Duty The Marine Corps has acquired steerable parachutes that can be deployed from two miles in the air and place their cargo within less than 200 meters of their intended target.   |
National Defense
October 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Army, Marines Strive to Improve Personal Combat Gear As the Pentagon struggles to pay mounting war costs, the Army and Marine Corps are pressing ahead with efforts to provide troops with improved equipment. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2006
Courtney E. Howard |
The America's Army development team introduces new version, new partner AA:SF marks the 22nd update to the America's Army computer game and the third release focused on the Special Forces' role in the Global War on Terrorism. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Brian Lisi |
Computer-Guided Parachutes Resupply Army in Afghanistan Troops in remote areas of Afghanistan have been receiving supplies from new smart parachutes that could alter the future of military logistics. |
National Defense
June 2014
Valerie Insinna |
Congress to Delay Controversial Army Aviation Restructure Plan The debate over the Army's aviation restructure initiative is only the opening bell for what will likely be a long, painful struggle to define the roles of the service's active and National Guard components, experts said. |
InternetNews
November 18, 2009 |
Missing Hard Drive Exposes Soldiers' Data The U.S. Army said a hard drive was either lost or stolen earlier this month, putting more than 60,000 soldiers' data at risk. |
National Defense
March 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
$2B Database to Keep Tabs on Army Stocks Seeking to manage a rapidly growing inventory of war equipment, the Army is spending nearly $2 billion on a new database that will track 3.4 billion items. |
Military History Quarterly
Summer 2006
Bernd Horn |
Surviving the Devil's Cauldron It was their ability to overcome their daunting environment that set WWII parachutists apart. |
National Defense
May 2006
Perry & Flournoy |
The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force. |
National Defense
February 2006
Grace Jean |
Game Branches Out Into Real Combat Training The Army's PC-based video game, America's Army, is morphing beyond its original mission, becoming the platform for numerous other military and government training simulations. |
National Defense
May 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's iPhone Dreams Clash With Reality The Army launched a competition to see if techies can design soldier-friendly smartphone applications. The contest may be premature, however, as it could be years before the Army adopts smartphones as standard soldier equipment. |
National Defense
April 2006
Sandra Erwin |
An Army Under Stress: A Tale of Two Green Lines An upcoming decision on whether to begin drawing down U.S. troops in Iraq sets the stage for yet another round of inside-the-Beltway wrangling on the burdens this war is piling on the armed services. |
Parameters
Winter 2003/2004
Wilson, Gordon & Johnson |
An Alternative Future Force: Building a Better Army The Army's transformation concept rests on a set of major assumptions that should be questioned. This article suggests an alternative pathway for preparing US ground forces to meet the challenges of the next several decades. |
National Defense
April 2011
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army's Promise to War-Bound Soldiers: A Wireless Mobile Network If the Army's new tech-buying strategy goes according to plan, soldiers soon may be ditching paper maps, staticky radios and bulky satellite receivers. |
National Defense
November 2014
Sandra I. Erwin |
Generals Get Real About Missions, Budget Life in the "post-war" Army indeed will be different. It will not be one of dreary rotational deployments but one of multitasking and responding to unforeseen events. |
National Defense
March 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Not Always Amenable to the Ways of Corporate America Many of the Army's top leaders are fretting about the way the service manages its resources. They confront an alarming financial situation that is caused by escalating war expenses, wasteful buying practices and costly plans to drastically expand the size of the force. |
