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Lighten the load: The Army’s plan to save time by shedding excess gear
To save time and ditch unneeded gear, the Army recently began a pilot program to expedite removing excess equipment from unit inventories.
By Todd South
The 6 best socks for troops — for hiking, for boots, for warm climates and cold
When your feet feel good, it makes you feel good even in challenging conditions. These are the socks you need for work and play.
By Berne Broudy
New military simulations for shooting, trench war, drones unveiled
The shooting system could replace the 1980s-era MILES system.
By Todd South
Navy decommissions littoral combat ship Milwaukee
The ship, which was designed to serve for 25 years, is one of the Freedom-class variants that the Navy is mothballing early.
By Diana Stancy
MacDill Air Force Base orders evacuations as Hurricane Idalia nears
The National Hurricane Center expects Idalia to become a hurricane later on Monday.
Women in Army SOF resorted to buying their own armor, study finds
Nearly half of the women in U.S. Army Special Operations Command reported problems with the way their gear fits and some have resorted to buying their own.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Women in Army SOF sidelined by ‘benevolent sexism,’ study finds
Those are some of the key findings from an internal study by U.S. Army Special Operations Command on barriers to service for women in the ranks.
These soldiers to assess the Army’s new do-it-all device for infantry
This test will look at mapping, mission planning and weapons compatibility.
By Todd South
What could derail great power competition? A terrorist attack.
Special operations must continue counterterrorism and crisis response while also competing with peer adversaries such as Russia and China, experts said.
By Todd South
Signals intelligence teams reposition to face China, Russia
The mission has shifted dramatically as the United States ratchets up competition in the frequency bands with peer competitors like Russia and China.
By Todd South
Special ops turn to data, space tech to gain ‘decisive advantage’
Positions and capabilities such as data scientists and natural language processing hold promise for better battlefield awareness.
By Todd South