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Service members participate in Jump Week (Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
(Source. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson) Service members participate in Jump Week. Posted 4/27/2016 Updated 4/27/2016Email story Print story. by Airman 1st Class Javier Alvarez. JBER Public Affairs. 4/27/2016 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- It's not Superman. It's even better! ... 'We support the [4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division],' Saltzgaber said ... Original Document ... (noodl. 33285031) ....

Deputy Defense Secretary Meets with Nordic, Baltic State Officials in Stockholm (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Apr 2016
(Source ... Describing the European Reassurance Initiative, Work said that by the end of September 2017, the United States will have a full division constantly in Europe -- a Stryker brigade combat team in Germany, an airborne brigade combat team in Italy, and an armored brigade combat team on the continent 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. An Army combat team is a deployable maneuver unit that has 4,000 to 5,000 troops....

Fort Bragg dining facilities should be OK as Army looks to make cuts, officials say

Edit Stars and Stripes 27 Apr 2016
The executive order outlined the need to close 14 dining facilities, shrink the floor space of 45 dining facilities and transition smaller facilities like unit- or brigade-centric to larger dining facilities like division- or installation-centric ... The dining facility for the inactivated 4th Brigade Combat Team has closed, he said....

BAE Systems Awarded $109 Million to Convert M88 Recovery Vehicles for U.S. Army (BAE Systems plc)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
'The HERCULES is an integral part of the Army's Armored Brigade Combat Team and is essential to its recovery missions,' said John Tile, director of Recovery Programs at BAE Systems ... field, is the only vehicle able to recover the M1 Abrams tank and all of the vehicles required to maneuver with the Armored Brigade Combat Team in a combat environment....

Fort Carson brigade ready to fly in to fight future wars

Edit Stars and Stripes 25 Apr 2016
Fort Carson's 1st Brigade Combat Team trained in the snow last week. While that may seem mundane, the muddy soldiers and the mortar fire are part of something new - troops who stay ready for combat and remain on call for battle anywhere in the world ... Fort Carson's 1st Brigade wins the Three Bears test of modern combat ... At the height of the Cold War, the Army had 280,000 combat troops in Europe....

Large Fort Bliss exercise to help Army with modernization

Edit Stars and Stripes 25 Apr 2016
Fort Bliss’ Brigade Modernization Command will host one of its twice-a-year large-scale exercises ... Fort Bliss’ 2nd Brigade Combat Team has been attached to the exercise since 2012 and is used to put new equipment through its paces under realistic and rigorous combat scenarios in the field ... Terry McKenrick, who has been the commanding general of the Brigade Modernization Command, or BMC, since August 2015....

The Morning Vertical, April 25, 2016

Edit Radio Free Europe 25 Apr 2016
ON MY MIND. Russia's media landscape is probably about to get a lot more barren ... IN THE NEWS ... U.S ... The bill also supports the National Commission on the Future of the Army’s recommendation to permanently station an armored brigade combat team in Europe, staffers said this week. The Army already plans to send one brigade, but on a continuous rotation. A permanently stationed brigade, supporters say, would be a stronger deterrence....

Armed Services chief lays out risky strategy for budget hike

Edit Business Insider 25 Apr 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is proposing an increase in the defense budget by billions of dollars to halt a severe combat readiness problem that he and other Republicans accuse President Barack Obama of ignoring. Rep ... 1 ... The money pays for armored brigade combat teams, improved intelligence and warning, more Javelin missiles, and other equipment U.S. commanders in Europe said they need ... ___ ... ....

Fort Carson brigade ready to be deployed anywhere

Edit Denver Post 24 Apr 2016
Ted Scott, assistant operations officer, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division briefs Soldiers during the setup of the mortar gunnery range on Fort Carson, April 18, 2016 ... FORT CARSON — Fort Carson's 1st Brigade Combat Team trained in the snow last week....

In 'Service,' A Photographer Examines The Flip Side Of 'Power'

Edit National Public Radio 24 Apr 2016
(From left) Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Cervantes and Col. Burt Thompson of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, with Interpreter John Mardo. 2008. (Center) Pfc. Casey Long of the Tennessee Army National Guard. 2008. (Right) Sgt ... 2008. Courtesy of Platon hide caption ... president ... Spc. Patrick Quinn, of the first Stryker Brigade Combat Team, wears night-vision goggles ... [Pisarsky] charged at him like a team of wild horses and almost knocked him over ... i....

Scaparrotti favors permanent ABCT for Europe (AUSA - Association of the United States Army)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
The Army should permanently station an armored brigade combat team in Europe instead of rotating a team into the theater every nine months, Gen ... for potential contingencies in the Middle East.' In late March, Pentagon officials announced that U.S.-based armored brigade combat teams would begin nine-month rotations to Europe in February 2017....

Town hall meetings to focus on impact of Army cuts on Columbus and the region (OEA - Office of Economic Adjustment Office)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
'It's much like when the Department of Army team came down and they gave a presentation on what they're doing and people had the opportunity to make comments and suggestions.' ... Several brigades are being inactivated, including the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Benning. The military mandated the elimination of the brigade and its 3,402 positions by the end of this fiscal year, which occurs Sept....

Eucom Nominee Scaparrotti Testifies Before Senate Panel (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
And the Army is continuing augmenting presence through the rotation of U.S.-based units from an armored brigade combat team. In response to a question about whether the Defense Department should have a permanently stationed armored brigade in Europe rather than a rotation, Scaparrotti said he understands the services' challenges in light of resource constraints to provide a permanently stationed brigade in Europe....
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