Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 03.21.2024
“The Few, The Proud,” is more than just a U.S. Marine Corps recruiting campaign slogan for one Marine stationed at U.S. Army Garrison Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. Staff Sgt. Stephanie Carvalho, of Newark, has been on active duty for eight years and currently serves as the Supply Non-Commissioned Officer assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines (2/25), Golf Company....
Story by Eric Kowal | Picatinny Arsenal | 02.28.2024
Sgt. Faegist M. Adlam, a food inspector at Picatinny Arsenal, is rapidly approaching her 10th year of active-duty service, and less than a month removed from a ceremony where she reaffirmed her commitment to oath and country by reenlisting in the U.S. Army....
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 Edward Lopez | Picatinny Arsenal | 12.28.2021
Frank Dindl, a mechanical engineer and prolific inventor at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, has received a patent for a “coolant cartridge” designed to minimize the possibility of dangerous cook offs, which occur when gun barrels get so hot that a cartridge ignites, causing a weapon stoppage or injury to a Soldier....
Story by Audra Calloway | Picatinny Arsenal | 02.25.2019
Picatinny employees hosted their annual “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” event on Feb. 21 that was attended by almost 80 female students from 22 area schools....
Story by Audra Calloway | Picatinny Arsenal | 12.14.2018
Civil unrest. Loss of communications. Narrow, congested roadways. No line of sight on the enemy. These are some of the conditions that shape the nature of fighting in dense urban areas now and into the future....
Story by Edward Lopez | Picatinny Arsenal | 10.26.2018
PICATINNY ARSENAL -- Although recent funding for the Department of the Army has been good, future funding levels are uncertain, which means the Army has to establish firm priorities while it has the opportunity, Secretary of the Army Mark T. Ester told employees at Picatinny Arsenal during a visit on Oct. 26....
