Author: Tony Grist
FORT BENNING, Ga. — The U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning is working to improve sniper survivability and lethality in large-scale combat operations by evaluating and integrating advanced signature management technology into training. “What we’ve seen in the last few years in recent conflicts has been a lot of drone activity and having to hide from and defeat thermal and drone systems,” said Staff Sgt. Brett Bollinger, a USASC instructor. “That’s what really drove us to develop these plans because those are the type of assets our near-peer adversaries are going to have in large-scale combat operations.” Bollinger further…
The Iran War entered its 37th day Sunday as President Donald Trump doubled down on the 48-hour ultimatum he issued yesterday, writing in a Truth Social post that “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran.” “Open the F*ckin’ Strait, you crazy b*stards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah,” added Trump. An advisor to Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mahdi Mohammadi, said Saturday that Iran’s list of regional retaliations is not yet complete, but that operations are being carried out “according to…
A supervisory engineer at Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division spent years building a jammer designed to defeat America’s own radars. The harder his team made it for friendly pilots to see through the jamming, the better they were doing their job. Then the question changed: what if the same system could jam the enemy? The system is Angry Kitten, an electronic warfare pod that NAWCWD engineers integrated and matured over a decade. Built to simulate hostile jamming during training, it is now headed to contested airspace as an offensive weapon, giving pilots a proven, government-owned jammer to suppress enemy…
CHAD – When April Fool’s Day Jokes Backfire In our industry, perhaps the most classic backfired April Fool’s Day joke was the 5.11 Tactical Kilt which they ended up making for several years after public outcry. On the other hand, Magpul is still dealing with customers who want them to come through with that waffle maker they teased back in 2019. This year, our friends in Canada at Gray Fox Strategic announced CHAD, their Stimulant Retention System for your individual energy fluid and self-contained lip stimuli. Instead of just laughing it off, customers have demanded that it become a real…
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army has conditionally selected two companies to enter into exclusive negotiations to build and operate commercial hyperscaled data centers on two Army installations. The initiative demonstrates a model for industry relationships under the Army’s Enhanced Use Lease program. Global Investment Firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) was selected for a project on about 1,384 acres at Fort Bliss, Texas, and CyrusOne, a portfolio company jointly held by funds managed by KKR and BlackRock, was selected for a project on approximately 1,201 acres at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. The companies were chosen through a rigorous and competitive process and…
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — In today’s contested and increasingly complex operational environment, the concept of “lethality” is expanding beyond the physical realm of weaponry and into the cognitive domain. Space Systems Command (SSC) is investing in the mental readiness of its warfighters through MindGym, an innovative, science-backed training capability designed to sharpen focus, accelerate recovery, and strengthen the mental edge essential for lethality and dominance in space operations. “MindGym was conceived to equip our Guardians and Airmen with neuroscience-backed tools to unlock peak mental performance,” said Mr. Colin Lim, the Licensed Mental Health Provider on the Guardian Resilience Team…
The Iran War entered its 36th day on Saturday as American forces continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E fighter jet. Two U.S. rescue helicopters involved in the search for the missing F-15E crew member were hit by Iranian fire during the operation. An anonymous official told the Washington Post that they managed to leave Iranian airspace. Mehr News Agency on Saturday published photos purporting to show a heavily damaged U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an airbase in Kuwait, claiming it was hit by an Iranian drone while on a search-and-rescue mission for the missing…
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My AIWB posts from last year generated some strong opinions from both sides of the issue, and this is a good example of how the facts don’t care about your feelings. My time at Tac-Con last week reinforced my position on the issue. In my classes, I get pretty competent shooters, people who are safe to carry AIWB and who are willing to work on it if needed. Tac-Con, on the other hand, has a much larger variety of shooters. Some are world class and others are very new to shooting and training. Neither extreme is morally superior, but at…