Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 12.03.2024
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Personnel assigned to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Picatinny Detachment Naval Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation (PHS&T) Division at Picatinny Arsenal, recently supported a successful demonstration of the Transferrable Reload At-sea Method (TRAM) system while underway in the Pacific Ocean, the first of its kind for the U.S. Navy....
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 10.23.2024
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Senior Chief Petty Officer Frank M. Kuras, a native of Coventry, Rhode Island, enlisted in the United States Navy in December 2003 as an undesignated Seaman. After a couple of years, found himself serving as a Gunner’s Mate, where he would learn to properly mount, stow, and secure all weaponry while at sea....
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 02.15.2024
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Sgt. 1st Class Steven R. O’Connor, known as “Rex” to his peers, is currently assigned to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit at Picatinny Arsenal. He is the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Non-Commissioned officer (NCO)....
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 11.09.2023
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Picatinny Arsenal officials observed Veterans Day with a special presentation to the installation’s workforce on Nov. 8 as part of the latest installment of the garrison’s Leadership Speaker Series. The guest speakers were Earl Granville, a U.S. Army Pennsylvania National Guard veteran who was severely injured while serving in Afghanistan, and Matt Higgins, an......
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 11.09.2023
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. - Picatinny Arsenal officials observed Veterans Day with a special presentation to the installation’s workforce on Nov. 8 as part of the latest installment of the garrison’s Leadership Speaker Series. The guest speakers were Earl Granville, a U.S. Army Pennsylvania National Guard veteran who was severely injured while serving in Afghanistan, and Matt Higgins, an......
Story by Edward Lopez | Picatinny Arsenal | 12.13.2022
The Extended Range Cannon Artillery system is a critical component of the U.S. Army’s Modernization Priority of Long Range Precision Fires. The lead organization for designing ERCA is the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. The Armaments Center is tasked to assemble more than a dozen ERCA prototypes for an upcoming operational......
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 04.21.2022
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- The commanding general of U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), came here for a town hall meeting and to get a hands-on feel for their work and to acknowledge how their performance during the pandemic helped warfighters....
Story by Jacqueline Boucher | Tobyhanna Army Depot | 07.16.2019
Point to point video chat technology is making it possible for military and family members to meet face-to-face with ACS program managers at Tobyhanna, though miles separate them....