When the U.S. Army Materiel Command stood up more than a half-century ago, a wide range of commands and organizations were producing and fielding ammunition and weapons systems, some with …
The shrill start-up to steady turbine hum of the U.S. M1 Abrams tanks has fallen silent in Germany.
On March 18, 22 Abrams main battle tanks were loaded at the …
The myriad changes that the U.S. Army has undergone over the past dozen years of war serve to highlight the dynamic nature of an organization serving the nation on a …
This week’s release of the report, “The Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle Program and Alternatives,” by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) leaves almost as many questions as it attempts to answer.…
The past decade has been one of major changes for the U.S. military, none perhaps as extensively affected as the Marine Corps; 2012 was more of the same, as the …
Just as they have with U.S. land forces, the last 12 to 18 months have witnessed a number of significant activities and milestones related to land force programs around the …
As outlined in the February 2012 U.S. Army Posture Statement, over the nation’s past decade at war, the U.S. Army “has proven – on and off the battlefield – that …
It is the tradition in the U.S. Army to name its tanks after great generals. Over the years there has been the Stuart, the Grant and Lee, the Sherman, the …
There were never very many Tiger tanks, less than 1,400 total. They were huge (German crews scornfully called them “furniture vans”), high maintenance, a gas-guzzler even by tank standards, …
A joint service acquisition panel held at last week’s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference 2012, in Orlando, Fla., examined the U.S. Department of Defense Better Buying Power (BBP) initiative …
