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/

DefenceTalkAn increased emphasis on large-scale ground combat and a greater focus on cybersecurity during combat operations are among key changes in the Army’s updated Field Manual 3-0, Operations, released today. America’s potential enemies now have capabilities greater than what Soldiers faced from insurgents in the Middle East. Threats from near-peer adversaries today include the infiltration […]https://www.defencetalk.com/revised-doctrine-prepares-us-soldiers-for-changing-global-threats-70591/

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/

DefenceTalkCAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait: Soldiers from 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and Kuwaiti military forces conducted the first-ever Desert Observer exercise near Udairi Range in northern Kuwait on Sept. 13. The multi-day, partnered training exercise simulated an attack across Kuwait’s border. Scouts identified the attacking opposition force and, after calling for fire, conducted […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-ever-desert-observer-exercise-between-us-army-kuwait-70510/

DefenceTalkWhen the United States decided to position a force in Europe for credible deterrence, it had to bolster its capabilities. The Army set in motion several actions, including extending regionally aligned forces (RAF) rotations to nine months, having RAF operate “heel to toe,” and pre-positioning combat, combat support, and sustainment equipment in Europe. On Dec. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-expands-pre-positioned-stocks-in-europe-70500/

DefenceTalkThe US government has frozen arms sales to the bodyguards of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after his aides attacked demonstrators in Washington last May, two senators said Monday. Senators Patrick Leahy and Chris Van Hollen said the move came after they proposed their own legislation to halt any sales to the Turkish Presidential Protection […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-halts-arms-sales-to-erdogan-bodyguards-congress-70485/

DefenceTalkVarious service members will be at Fort Bragg over the next few weeks for testing of the new modular handgun system, the Sig Sauer P320, for the U.S. Army Operational Test Command based at Fort Hood, Texas. If fielded, according to officials, the new modular handgun system, also known as MHS, will offer improved durability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-modular-handgun-system-sig-sauer-p320-in-testing-at-us-army-sites-70432/