Story by Spc. Maximilian Weaver | 5th Armored Brigade | 02.13.2025
MCGREGOR RANGE, New Mexico – The 5th Armored Brigade Gen. Omar N. Bradley Best Observer Controller/Trainer (OC/T) Competition featured eight teams tested in various events that assessed their physical readiness, marksmanship, tactical knowledge, and leadership skills Feb. 10-13. The competition highlighted the critical role OC/Ts play preparing partner U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard......
Story by Capt. Ego Ekenta | 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade | 08.31.2023
Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th ADA Brigade, along with technical managers from U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, and U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Champaign, Illinois, discussed the capabilities of two specific generator-based microgrids, known as DC......
Story by Pvt. Matthew Marcellus | 1st Armored Division | 10.15.2019
Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division fired the M17 pistol for the first time during a qualification range, October 10, at McGregor Range, New Mexico. Within 1AD, 3ABCT is the first brigade to field and fire the new weapons system. The M17 is a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, which offers a lighter weight than the......
Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 06.29.2018
One of the biggest lessons learned is you can get better results from zombie launches if you boost their performance.
Story by Winifred Brown | Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office | 06.21.2018
Operation Workhorse Stampede, a 360-base-defense exercise put on by the 127th Aviation Support Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, took place at McGregor Range, N.M., June 11-16, 2018....
Story by Sgt. Thomas Calvert | 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 07.24.2017
The command post sits in a crowded tent at McGregor Range, New Mexico, covered from floor to ceiling with whiteboards and topographical maps. Several officers move hurriedly from room to room, while Sergeant 1st Class Joshua Dittler, a senior intelligence analyst with A Company, 305th Military Intelligence, stands in a crowded corner with intelligence personnel from 1st Battalion, 320th Field......
Story by Ismael Ortega | Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Fort Bliss | 01.05.2017
USO volunteers and Soldiers from the 642nd Regional Support Group, Army Reserve, hosted “Party in the Desert,” an event where Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen who were in the middle of training here could decompress with food, games and other carnival activities Dec. 12, 2016....
Story by Victoria Molinar | Mobilization and Deployment, DPTMS Fort Bliss | 10.06.2015
Leaders of the 602nd Training Group (Provisional), Second Air Force, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, recognized the exceptional work of Airmen assigned to Detachments 3 and 4, 602nd TRG(P). The service members streamlined the pre-mobilization training process for Airmen, and during joint forces training, presenting them with medals Oct. 6 at the mayor cell, McGregor Range....
