GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Today about 3 million positions are vacant because companies can’t find workers with basic technical skills in science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM, according to the U.S. News and World Report, if unchecked, they say that number grows to about 10 million by 2020. That is why 93 students, […]
Minutes, lives saved using litter assist in mine-resistant ambulances
FORT DETRICK, Md. — The terrain in Afghanistan is tough. Drivers face roads that wind down treacherous hillsides with hairpin turn after hairpin turn, sandy valleys between tree-spotted ranges, snow-chilled mountains and plains, mud from snowmelt, narrow passes filled with boulders, and rivers, and more mud. Add in extremes of temperature, the danger of flash […]
Army developing tool to reduce altitude sickness in deployed Soldiers
NATICK, Mass. (Sept. 17, 2013) — It is no secret that Soldiers must prevail in all kinds of terrain and climates to complete missions. Afghanistan, for example, boasts mountains with elevations higher than 24,000 feet. Many Soldiers who have deployed to high altitudes without the proper time to adjust have learned the hard way that […]
Team Tobyhanna streamlines Nett Warrior fielding process
TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. — Team Tobyhanna is helping connect Soldiers to cutting-edge technology, which gives leaders the ability to soundlessly maneuver and track a unit’s movements on the battlefield using a handheld device. Several shops here are supporting the U.S. Army’s Nett Warrior system that provides warfighters secure and mobile voice, video and data […]
Army completes migration to DOD Enterprise Email
WASHINGTON, (Aug. 21, 2013) — The Army successfully completed the bulk of its migration to one of the Army’s highest priority IT initiatives, DOD Enterprise Email, at the end of July. Army users can now access their email securely from anywhere in the world at any time. This effort began in January 2011 and improves […]
Helium supply critical to Army research
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Aug. 15, 2013) — Army senior research scientist Henry Everitt doesn’t take helium lightly, because the second lightest element in the universe is in high demand by research laboratories such as his at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center. “Helium is a much more useful material than […]
Device gets Soldiers back to work on their feet, preventing amputations
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 15, 2013) — “Over the last two years, this limb-salvage device has saved me from doing at least 100 amputations,” said an orthopedic surgeon who has amputated hundreds of Soldiers’ limbs since 9/11. At last count, some 460 service members are using it, including SEALS, Delta Forces, Rangers and other […]
Army engineers bring ‘Power, Energy and Cyber’ to students
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 9, 2013) — Army engineers provided high school students a look into the science-related career paths available to them through advanced classroom instruction and hands-on experiments as part of an expanded Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science program, known as GEMS, here, July 15-26. U.S. Army Research, Development […]
‘Long-Lived Power’ could extend life for battlefield sensors
ADELPHI, Md. (Aug. 5, 2013) — “Long-Lived Power” sounds like it could be an energy revolution, a revolutionary of sorts within the family of far-reaching energy solutions for the battlefield — because it uses radioisotopes. It is a power source that supports low power for years — 100 microwatts of average power — according to […]
CID warns of social networking, dating site scams
WASHINGTON (July 30, 2013) — The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, commonly known as CID, continues to warn the greater Army community and the American public, to be vigilant of internet scams and impersonation fraud, especially within popular social networking and dating websites. CID special agents frequently receive reports from around the world of various […]