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National Defense
July 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Guardsmen Act As Foes To Aid Iraq-Bound Soldiers A detailed look at combat training at Tiefort City. The collection of almost 50 prefabricated buildings at Fort Irwin is used for simulations that prepare soldiers for Iraq.   |
National Defense
July 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Heavy Armor Gains Clout in Urban Combat An ongoing debate within the U.S. Army is whether to revise its tactics and doctrine for the employment of heavy armored vehicles in urban areas. |
National Defense
December 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Army Still Needs World-Class `Red Force' in Training Centers Standing by his decision to send the service's elite training troops to fight in Iraq, a senior Army official said he is considering changing the structure and use of the units that so far have been assigned to play the enemy's role in large-scale exercises. |
National Defense
May 2006
Grace Jean |
Army Strives for Training That Resembles Combat Combat rehearsals that replicate conditions in Iraq provide valuable training for troops who have yet to experience the real war. |
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2006 |
The role of Armor in Urban Combat Mutually supporting combined arms (armor-infantry) tactical element can achieve success while keeping casualties to a minimum... Improving visibility when "buttoned up" in tanks... Enhancing tank survivability in urban combat... Tank firepower adapted for urban warfare... etc. |
National Defense
December 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Army Revises Doctrine for Modular Brigades Caught between the pressures of war in the Middle East and the need to reorganize, the U.S. Army is juggling new methods of combat training while rewriting the rulebook for equipment and tactics. |
National Defense
January 2005
Sandra I. Erwin |
Stryker Units Get Instant Feedback From Troops at War As the Army prepares to receive its 1,000th Stryker light armored vehicle this month, commanders are quickly absorbing lessons from combat operations in Iraq and are developing new tactics to help counter violent insurgencies in Iraq's major cities. |
National Defense
October 2004
Harold Kennedy |
Army Undergoing Biggest Makeover Since World War II The U.S. Army has embarked upon what is described as its most important and controversial reorganization in decades in an effort to improve its ability to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while defending the home front. |
National Defense
October 2004
Roxana Tiron |
Army Future Force The battle-tested Abrams tank is poised to remain in service for at least 25 more years, or until the Army is certain that it has an adequate replacement. |
National Defense
January 2015
Valerie Insinna |
Ultra Light Combat Vehicle Could Buck Trend of Slow Truck Procurement If everything goes to plan, the Army could field about 300 ultra light combat vehicles by the end of fiscal year 2016. |
Wired
June 2006
Vince Beiser |
Baghdad, USA Roadside bombs. Hostile insurgents. 1,200 extras in Arab dress. Welcome to Louisiana and the Army camp known as the Box, where the violence is fake but the fear is for real. |
National Defense
July 2007
Grace Jean |
Army, Air Force Should Combine Combat Training To reflect the way the services are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials are attempting to integrate aviation training into pre-deployment exercises at the Army's National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif. |
National Defense
December 2011 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories Readers respond to articles about army modernization and reworking the defense budget. |
National Defense
May 2005
Roxana Tiron |
Jordan Eyes Expansion of Domestic Defense Industry A Jordanian research and development center is achieving tangible results in building sophisticated technology for internal and border security, VIP protection, surveillance and emergency response. |
National Defense
October 2006
Grace Jean |
Combat Vehicle Designs Seek Increased Utility in Multiple Roles The prevalence of such vehicles at one of the largest ground warfare expositions reveals a trend in how armies are choosing to insert their troops into hot spots. |
World War II
May 25, 2004
George J. Winter Sr. |
Breakout From Normandy In July 1944, panzer commander Fritz Langanke struggled to guide his tank out of the Roncey Pocket and the maelstrom enveloping German forces trapped in it. |
