Land Forces Stories
Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
By J.R. Wilson in Land Forces under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with no comments
The Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) – formerly the Medical Research & Development Command, created in 1958 – was redesignated in the 1990s when the Army’s medical logistics function was added ...more »
Sgt. Stubby: American War Dog
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Land Forces under Featured, History with no comments
The use of dogs in war has a history reaching back to ancient times. The most famous American war dog was a four-legged hero of World War I named Sgt. Stubby.
Sgt. Stubby was ...more »
Interview: Maj. Gen. Michael S. Repass, Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne)
By John D. Gresham and Susan Kerr in Land Forces under Featured, Interviews, Print Edition with no comments
The Year in Special Operations: What was the state of your command the morning of 9/11 when suddenly, you guys all knew, “This is the war we were born to fight”?
Maj. Gen. Mike ...more »
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty in Iraq: Spec. Ross Andrew McGinnis, USA
By Dwight Jon Zimmerman in Land Forces under Defense Issues, Featured with 1 comment
“You know, I never really pictured what a Medal of Honor winner is supposed to look like. I would think of someone like a John Wayne character from the movies. Where the guy ...more »
Marine Corps Calls for “New Program” View of EFV
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured, News with no comments
With the recent delivery of the first SDD-2 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle prototypes to the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch (AVTB), located at Camp Pendleton, Calif., senior service representatives are calling for observers ...more »
Marine Corps Receives First SDD-2 EFV Prototypes
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, News with 1 comment
The United States Marine Corps is preparing to begin government developmental testing on the System Development & Demonstration (SDD)-2 prototypes of its Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV).
The important test phase follows recent delivery of ...more »
New U.S. Army 5.56 Rounds Head to Afghanistan
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured, News with 3 comments
On June 23, 2010, U.S. Army representatives announced that they had started shipping that service’s new 5.56mm cartridge, designated the M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round, to support warfighters in Afghanistan.
The new M855A1 round, which ...more »
GAO Protest Filed (Already) on Ground Combat Vehicle
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, News with no comments
As service representatives conduct source selection board activities for the Technology Development (TD) phase of the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) program, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has received an ...more »
Reach Out and Kill Someone: Extending Warfighter Small Arms’ Reach
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Issues, Defense Technology, Featured, News with 1 comment
Possibly reflective of the operational realities of current operations in Afghanistan, several recent procurement activities appear to reflect a desire to extend the tactical reach of U.S. joint force and special operations warfighters.
As ...more »
Shipping Out: ISO-based Deployment Systems
By Scott R. Gourley in Land Forces under Defense Technology, Featured, Print Edition with no comments
As they have with commercial logistics operations across the globe, commercial “shipping containers” have revolutionized military logistics. Today, nearly four decades after the International Standards Organization (ISO) brought size standards to a morass ...more »
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