DefenceTalkAn orchestra sounds better if everyone’s on the same sheet of music. Having everyone on the same sheet of music also applies to all participants in a military operation or homeland security emergency response. Trouble is, the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, first responders like the National Guard and State Police, as well […]https://www.defencetalk.com/innovative-system-links-us-army-networks-with-allies-agencies-64717/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Threat Reduction Agency is leading an effort to design a new warfighter uniform – with added protection against chemical warfare agents encountered in the field. Army scientists are using both standard and new methods to test fabrics, which will be used in the new suit. The new uniform is designed to decrease thermal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-scientists-test-fabric-for-new-warfighter-uniforms-64697/

DefenceTalkMARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS: Halfway into a 109-degree day, without a cloud in the sky and nothing but sand as far as the eye could see, a small number of Marines and sailors were prepared to do their job and be the difference between life and death. 4th Medical Battalion, 4th […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-marines-sailors-participate-in-a-mass-heat-casualty-exercise-64682/

DefenceTalkOn May 9, 2015, at the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow, the Russian military formally unveiled the first prototype models of its long-gestating Bumerang 8×8 wheeled armored vehicle platform. The Bumerang’s completely revamped hull configuration and emphasis on modular functionality and improved crew and passenger survivability serve as potent indicators of the Russian defense […]https://www.defencetalk.com/despite-aging-design-btr-80-remains-a-ubiquitous-warhorse-64664/

DefenceTalkRheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) formally handed over the Puma infantry fighting vehicle to the German Bundeswehr today, the most advanced system of its kind anywhere. One of the world’s most ambitious projects in the field of army technology thus enters the utilization phase. The Bundeswehr’s fielding of the Puma IFV gives its mechanized infantry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/puma-infantry-fighting-vehicle-enters-bundeswehr-service-64656/

DefenceTalkArmy fans were all aquiver when scores were finally announced at the archery competition during the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games here, June 22. Current and veteran Soldiers took home every gold medal, which was up for grabs. Military archers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Special Operations Command and United Kingdom […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-team-gets-all-gold-during-dod-warrior-games-archery-64670/

DefenceTalkHelping to ensure select Army National Guard units maintain readiness before deploying was the focus of the multi-echelon integrated brigade training, or MIBT, event held here, June 13-26. This was the first MIBT, which addresses the training needs of National Guard brigade combat teams, also known as BCTs. After a deployment, usually lasting about a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-us-army-designed-exercise-replicates-combat-training-center-rotation-64673/

DefenceTalkThe 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade conducted manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T) between the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter pilots and the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system for a remote Hellfire missile engagement at the Multi-Purpose Range Complex on Fort Stewart June 20. It was the first time the Vipers of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/3rd-cab-pilots-warm-up-with-hellfire-64635/

DefenceTalkThe first of two M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks is headed to Bulgaria to continue and expand the multi-dimensional multinational Operation Atlantic Resolve training in Eastern Europe led by U.S. Army Europe. The heavily armored tank, weighing nearly 70 tons, was driven into the back of the waiting C17 Globemaster III Air Force aircraft, fitting […]https://www.defencetalk.com/abrams-tanks-head-to-bulgaria-64622/

DefenceTalkMilitary Occupational Specialty, or MOS 12B, Combat Engineer is now open to all female enlisted Soldiers of all components, according to Army Directive 2015-27. The June 16 directive from Army Secretary John M. McHugh makes available 20,563 additional positions for women and opens the last of the 16 engineer MOSs, which were closed to women. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-opens-20563-engineering-positions-to-women-64614/