Littoral Combat Ship LCS 5 and LCS 6 Launches Mark Beginning of Serial Production
As the first littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), returned from deployment to the Western Pacific, two more were …
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Beyond Immersive Training? From Virtual Reality to Augmented Reality
As noted in the first part of this article, training system examples like the Army’s Joint Fires and Effects Training …
Mikhail Kalashnikov’s Legacy
Lt. Gen. Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer and developer of the ubiquitous AK-series of combat rifles, passed away in Russia at …
The Coast Guard’s International Training Division (ITD)
The U.S. Navy is the world’s largest, with the only global blue-water fleet, with multiple nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines, …
Beyond Immersive Training? Services Embrace Immersive Training
One of the underlying concepts emerging from this month’s Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2013 involved the optimum …
The Army Network Readies for the Battlefield
It’s one level of complexity for the U.S. Army and its tactical partners to plan and integrate an evolving battlefield …
Movie Review – Lone Survivor
Hollywood has acquired a justifiable reputation in recent years of doing a hackneyed job in conveying military history. With few …
The Nation’s “Solutioneers”
The U.S. military’s six geographic and three functional combatant commands (CCMDs) are the nation’s global command and control centers, not …
Maritime Stewardship
The exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the United States, defined by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, …
Army Geospatial Center
With headquarters in Alexandria, Va., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Army Geospatial Center (AGC) serves as the ground …