DefenceTalkHOHENFELS TRAINING AREA, Germany: The Troopers from 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, have been putting their cavalry and reconnaissance skills to the test at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Combined Resolve VI. Combined Resolve VI is a squadron-level decisive action rotation, May 5-25, designed to train the U.S. Army’s regionally allocated forces to the U.S. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/war-paint-squadron-sharpens-cavalry-skills-at-combined-resolve-67531/

DefenceTalkMore than 1200 Soldiers from Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the United States participated in Exercise Hunter, May 9-19, at General Silvestras Zukauskas Training Area in Pabrade, Lithuania. The exercise allowed commanders the opportunity to integrate allied troops into their units to complete joint tasks and various defensive operations. While integrated, allied Soldiers were […]https://www.defencetalk.com/allies-test-anti-tank-capabilities-in-lithuania-67496/

DefenceTalkLess than six miles from the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea, the 30 U.S. and South Korean heavy artillery vehicles lined up, May 10, were the largest coordinated artillery fires many had seen. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, participated in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korean-artillery-coordinate-fires-near-dmz-67493/

DefenceTalkToday, the first shipment of MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicles from the United States arrived in the port of Alexandria for delivery to the Egyptian military. The heavily armored MRAP vehicles are specifically designed to protect soldiers from blasts from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), landmines, and from other types of attacks. Today’s delivery is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-delivers-armored-mrap-vehicles-to-egyptian-military-67469/

DefenceTalkThe Brigade Modernization Command (BMC) kicked off Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 16.2, May 2, 2016, and ends, May 14, 2016. NIE 16.2 is the eleventh in a series of Soldier-led evaluations in realistic operational environments held at Fort Bliss, Texas and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. More than 2,700 Soldiers from the 1st Armored […]https://www.defencetalk.com/from-concept-to-capability-network-integration-evaluation-16-2-underway-67438/

DefenceTalkMonths of training by the German Armed Forces in combined arms warfare, middle intensity conflict techniques and standard tasks focused on crowd riot control techniques culminated at Camp Prizren, May 6-7, during Operation Sharp Griffin. The multinational exercise was conducted over a 36-hour timeframe and centered on multiple complex situations, such as; air infiltration and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-german-forces-evaluate-operational-readiness-67435/

DefenceTalk“The inability to operate in degraded visual environments is the primary contributing factor to Army aviation mishaps over the past decade,” said Steffanie Easter. Easter, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, spoke at the Army Aviation Association of America-sponsored 2016 Army Aviation Mission Solution Summit in Atlanta, April 29 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-aims-to-own-the-weather-67416/

DefenceTalkWhen U.S. Army Europe’s (USAREUR’s) size peaked after the Cold War, it contained two corps headquarters, more than six divisions, two armored cavalry regiments, various enabling units, more than 277,000 Soldiers, and four divisions’ worth of equipment in pre-positioned unit sets. After the summer of 2013 and Armywide drawdowns that affected USAREUR, it was postured […]https://www.defencetalk.com/resetting-the-theater-to-equip-rotational-forces-in-europe-67382/

DefenceTalkThe Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade received their AH-64D Apache Longbow Attack Helicopters this week from National Guard units across the country. The airframes are being transferred from the National Guard to the active duty Army as part of the Aviation Restructure Initiative in an effort to cut costs […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-deploys-ah-64d-apaches-to-hawaii-67368/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract modification worth $109.7 million to convert 36 M88A1 recovery vehicles to the M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation Systems (HERCULES) configuration. The conversions allow the M88A2s to recover the Army’s heaviest vehicles, such as tanks, without the assistance of another vehicle. “The HERCULES is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/bae-systems-to-convert-m88-recovery-vehicles-for-us-army-67349/