Story by Abigail Voegeli | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District | 12.05.2023
When asked to describe his job, long-time Kansas City District employee John Atkinson has a humorous response. “Jack of all trades, I guess,” he says. Officially, Atkinson serves as the district’s archivist and a cartographer in the Survey and Geospatial Data section. However, Atkinson’s diverse background and skillset, as well as his openness to trying new things, have combined to......
Story by Jon Connor | U.S. Army Sustainment Command | 05.12.2023
A Soldier at U.S. Army Sustainment Command headquarters is the only person throughout the command doing what she does. And, the only uniformed person in the U.S. Army Materiel Command too. So, what does Sgt. 1st Class Lisa Tavai Knight do? She is a senior geospatial engineer – she makes maps and geographics products that are critical to ASC/AMC in support of exercises and operations worldwide....
Story by John Higgins | Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors | 11.26.2020
“MAPS GEN I continues to partner with 2nd Cavalry Regiment to provide mounted PNT to their Soldiers in support of their mission,” said Jim Spofford, the Assistant Product Manager for Mounted Positioning Navigation and Timing (PdM M PNT) who was in Germany for the GEN I install. “As a team, we are learning how soldiers interact with the PNT data and improvements that can make that......
Story by Sgt. Sydney Mariette | 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade | 05.30.2020
Staff Sgt. Nhia Xiong is the geospatial non-commissioned officer in charge for the Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 34th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, currently deployed to the Middle East. His role as is to oversee the creation and printing of maps used by other units in his area of operations for missions that support of Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 12.19.2019
Fortification is key for the military. Fortification ensures not only mission success, but even more critically, that Soldiers come home. For that reason, vehicles are armored, walls are reinforced and surveillance equipment is deployed. Navigation systems get fortified, too: GPS, which can be the cornerstone of navigation during military operations, has been an important tool in a Soldier’s......
Story by Senior Airman Daniel Brosam | 341st Missile Wing | 04.05.2019
The 741st Maintenance Squadron supports all maintenance activities affecting the base’s Minuteman III launch facilities and missile alert facilities....
Story by Douglas Halleaux | DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center | 02.15.2019
WARREN, Mich. —U.S. Army researchers and engineers conducted in the 1st quarter of fiscal year 2019 a sequence of tests known as the Soft Kill (SK) Rodeo to determine which active protection system SK technology currently has the most potential and should be further developed for the Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) Program’s Layered Active Protection Demonstration....
Story by Airman 1st Class Jonathan McElderry | Minot Air Force Base | 12.01.2017
When missile alert facility and launch facility equipment needs to be inspected or repaired, 791st Maintenance Squadron mechanical and pneudraulics section maintainers take charge....
