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/

DefenceTalkWithin five years, the Army would like to start testing remote combat vehicle prototypes which are unmanned, as light and as fast as a Stryker, but provide the same level of firepower as an M-1 Abrams tank, said Maj. Alan L. Stephens. Stephens, an Acquisition Corps officer at the Mounted Requirements Division of the U.S. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/remote-combat-vehicles-to-punch-as-hard-as-abrams-tanks-says-expert-70984/

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/

DefenceTalkThe Djibouti Logistics Support Base of the People’s Liberation Army conducted a live-fire exercise on Thursday with its heavy-duty weapons, according to the Chinese military. Several wheeled tank destroyers and wheeled infantry fighting vehicles from the base in the Horn of Africa took part in the exercise at a local shooting range and fired dozens […]https://www.defencetalk.com/live-fire-exercises-conducted-by-pla-base-in-djibouti-70863/

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/

DefenceTalkCAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait: Soldiers from the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade’s Task Force Wraith completed combined training with the 208th Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Company and Camp Buehring’s emergency services at Udairi Landing Zone, Kuwait, Oct. 24, 2017 to increase their capability to respond to a chemical attack. The training event was a simulated chemical […]https://www.defencetalk.com/task-force-wraith-trains-to-respond-swiftly-to-chemical-attack-70746/

DefenceTalkSouth Korean and American troops on and near the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea are ready, well-supplied, well-trained and prepared, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman said following a visit over the weekend. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell accompanied his boss, Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/troxell-u-s-south-korean-troops-on-dmz-ready-70719/

DefenceTalkXi Jinping, chairman of the Central Military Commission, told the Chinese military on Thursday to follow the road maps set for it at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. “The 19th CPC National Congress … was very important to the modernization efforts for the national defense and the People’s Liberation Army […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pla-to-be-world-class-force-by-2050-70711/