America Together April 8, 2020 Army Field Band soldier creates 'Do-Re-Mi' singalong with 18 kids in adorable video One soldier singing "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music with a group of 18 kids, ages four to 12, is bringing much-needed joy needed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus April 6, 2020 Army temporarily halts sending new recruits to basic training during coronavirus outbreak The Army is holding off sending recruits to basic training for two weeks beginning Monday in response to the fast-spreading coronavirus, leaders announced.
US Army April 6, 2020 Army says major weapons programs 'on track' for future war, despite virus New future Army attack helicopters, armored infantry carriers, vehicle-fired counter-drone missiles, hypersonic weapons and high-tech networking technologies for future war-- are all expected to remain largely on-track and ultimately deliver on time despite the COVID 19 outbreak, senior service leaders said.
Coronavirus April 5, 2020 US military recruitment struggles as coronavirus closes enlistment stations Military recruitment in the U.S. is struggling in the face of the coronavirus threat, recruiters are finding.
US Army April 3, 2020 Prototype nasal swabs for coronavirus testing evaluated by US Army and Harvard U.S. Army scientists and engineers have been working with Harvard University to design, prototype and evaluate new nasal swabs needed to test for COVID 19 -- as a way to address the current crisis with available coronavirus test kits and assess possibilities for large-scale production of new swab configurations.
ӣƵ Flash March 27, 2020 How the US Army Corps of Engineers is converting hotels and dorms to hospitals The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aiding in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) by converting hotels and other large facilities into makeshift hospitals, Lieutenant General Todd Semonite said Friday.
US Army March 24, 2020 Iraqi Scud-killing Gulf War Patriot missile 'still lives' to fight future wars They exploded Saddam’s Scud missiles right out of the sky, intercepting what would have been destructive explosions on U.S. forces. They surprised global observers and saved U.S. lives during the Gulf War in the early 90s … Patriot Missiles. The Patriot, seen as an emerging and highly impactful war technology at the time, first fired in war about 30-years ago
US Army March 23, 2020 New Army technology can track and destroy maneuvering cruise missiles Maneuvering cruise missiles, fast-moving stealthy fighter jets, armed drones, long-range helicopter-fired air-to-ground weapons and hypersonic rounds traveling at 5-times the speed of sound are all modern methods of air-attack able to destroy Army ground war units -- potentially even rendering them inoperable or, even worse, making them vulnerable to complete destruction.
Pentagon March 20, 2020 Pentagon hypersonic weapons hit 'impact point' The Army, Navy and Pentagon fired off a new Hypersonic Glide Body engineered to travel more than five times the speed of sound and destroy enemy targets thousands of miles away in a matter of minutes, a Pentagon report said.
US Army March 17, 2020 New helicopter-killing Army artillery cannon destroys target at 39.8 miles When a precision-guided artillery projectile exploded an enemy target from 64km (39.8 miles) away in the Arizona desert during a recent live-fire exercise, the Army took a new step toward redefining land-attack tactics and paving the way toward a new warfare era in long-range fires.
US Navy March 13, 2020 Army soldiers will control AI-enabled robot tanks The Army Research Laboratory is exploring new applications of AI designed to better enable forward operating robot “tanks” to acquire targets, discern and organize war-crucial information, surveil combat zones and even fire weapons when directed by a human.