With the speed and range of a turboprop, the maneuverability of a helicopter and the ability to carry 24 Marine combat troops twice as fast and five times farther than previous helicopters, the Osprey greatly enhances the advantages Marines have over their enemies. The Osprey's impact was felt immediately upon its arrival in Iraq. Commenting on its advanced expeditionary capabilities and...
The Central Issuing Facility, or CIF, provides a brief for the issue and turn-in process for the Organization Clothing and Individual Equipment, or OCIE, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The videos contain information and instruction for Army Advanced Individual Training and Basic Officer Leadership Course students while visiting the CIF. The OCIE equipment is for temporary use only, and will be...
The Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors (PEO IEW&S) and U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center co-hosted a media day at Fort Belvoir, Va. The event gave reporters from a variety of news outlets who often cover news and updates...
The Army is modernizing the way Soldiers request, receive and turn in individual equipment via a reform to the Central Issue Facility and piloting the Rapid Removal of Excess Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment, or R2O. At the end stage of R2O, Army Materiel Command redistributes usable equipment to where it's needed most and disposes of unserviceable items.
The RC-135S Cobra Ball is a rapidly deployable aircraft, which flies Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed missions of national priority to collect optical and electronic data on ballistic targets. This data is critical to arms treaty compliance verification, and development of U.S. strategic defense and theater missile defense concepts.
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The ceremony commemorates the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII and serves as an opportunity for the U.S. and Japanese people to mutually remember and honor thousands of service members who fought and died on its hallowed grounds.
The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft with an integrated sensor suite that provides global all-weather, day or night intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. Global Hawk's mission is to provide a broad spectrum of ISR collection capability to support joint combatant forces in worldwide peacetime, contingency and wartime...
