Next Generation Squad Weapons Program and True Velocity

The US Army’s “Next Generation Squad Weapons” (NGSW) Program has certainly been an interesting project to watch, and despite the delays in publishing the promised final announcements, it has also progressed much quicker than many expected. Of course, many (including myself to be honest) were rather skeptical to begin with that the program would in […]

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Friday Foto

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR – YEAR OF THE TIGER! Members of the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol unit of the 1st Brigade 101st Airborne Division listen to a briefing from the brigade commander, Brigadier General Willard Person. General Person expanded the use of long range reconnaissance patrols by the brigade, and authorized the use of the […]

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Saturday Snapshot

Green Berets from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) U.S Army and Paratroopers from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force jumped together into Andersen Air Force Base on Guam last week as part of Exercise Forager 21. Photo credit: US Army, 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) […]

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Picatinny Arsenal Optimizes M110A1 Marksman Rifles

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado, have optimized new marksman rifles – thanks to a team of small arms experts from manufacturer Heckler & Koch and the Army’s Project Manager Soldier Lethality from Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. The team spent June 15-16 at Fort Carson optimizing 234 of the […]

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Friday Foto

A U.S. Army Soldier aims at a target in the distance during advanced rifle marksmanship training at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. US Army photo: by Staff Sgt. Amber Martin […]

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US Army Soldiers Conduct Live Fire With New ENVG-B

Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, recently conducted a platoon live fire using the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) provides the U.S. Army’s close combat forces with the capability to observe and maneuver in all weather […]

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