DefenceTalkThe Asymmetric Warfare Group, the “operational arm” of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, is leveraging Network Integration Evaluation 13.2’s multi-echelon training and live mission sets in which Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, are conducting tactical operations. Referring to the Asymmetric Warfare Group, or AWG, as the Army’s global scouts, Lt. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/asymmetric-warfare-group-targets-nie-13-2-47847/

DefenceTalkWhat does a commander do when the unit has a mission in Afghanistan, and they’re partnering with nation’s more than 6,000 miles away? The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), also called 10th SFG(A), of Fort Carson, Colo., met Special Forces units from four European nations at Grafenwoehr Training Area, April 16-28, to prepare for an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-europe-provides-venue-for-us-multinational-special-forces-training-47845/

DefenceTalkThe Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress May 17 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Netherlands for the continuation of a Continental United States (CONUS) -based Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-16 Formal Training Unit (FTU)and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $191million. The Government of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-netherlands-f-16-pilot-training-and-logistics-support-47835/

DefenceTalkThe loud booms from the fields of Fort Sill will sound the same, but for the first time women may be responsible for launching the artillery. The first class of female Soldiers joined A Battery, 1st Battalion, 78th Field Artillery, to learn the 13M, Multiple Launch Rocket System Crewmember military occupational specialty — an MOS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/field-artillery-training-integrates-women-into-combat-specialties-47683/

DefenceTalkAn F-16 Fighting Falcon’s radar warning emits an eerie, distinct pattern as the jet soars over the Northern Pacific Ocean, moving closer and closer toward hostile territory. The warning tone means one thing — missiles are inbound. This can end one of two ways: a surface-to-air missile, or SAM, rips through the jet, or the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/misawa-fighter-jets-break-new-training-barriers-47680/

DefenceTalkSoldiers will see a one percent pay raise in 2014. Their untaxed paycheck will also benefit from a 3.9 percent increase in basic allowance for housing and a 3.4 percent increase in basic allowance for subsistence as well. The Army announced April 10 its fiscal year 2014 budget request, which amounts to $129.7 billion — […]https://www.defencetalk.com/in-2014-soldiers-get-1-percent-raise-3-9-percent-increase-in-bah-47450/

DefenceTalk6 Squadron, based at RAF Leuchars, have continued to develop the multi-role capability of Typhoon by dropping inert Paveway II bombs for the first time from the Tranche 2 version of the combat aircraft. Pilots embarked on a series of training sorties over Cape Wrath Range last week to deliver this air to surface capability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/6-squadron-take-paveway-to-typhoon-multi-role-success-47431/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army and Intel Corporation entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to collaborate and optimize research in virtual training environments. Intel researchers have been developing technologies to scale user interaction, and they intend to focus on technologies to scale realism and immersion. As platform technology providers, they partner with application developers to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-teams-up-with-intel-to-make-training-virtually-a-reality-47302/

DefenceTalkThe United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea. The advanced, radar-evading F-22 Raptors were deployed to Osan Air Base, the main U.S. Air Force base […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-22-raptors-sent-to-south-korea-47287/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army Reserve’s only Theater Support Group gathered its nearly 100 Soldiers from across the Pacific to conduct its first-ever consolidated annual training event, here and at Bellows Marine Corp Training Base, March 6-13. The U.S. Army Reserve Theater Support Group-Pacific, which was activated in 2009 and provides base operations and installation support to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-reserve-theater-support-group-pacific-conducts-first-ever-annual-training-event-47247/