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• Technical library at Tobyhanna Army Depot streamlines operations
  Tobyhanna employees rely on the validity of thousands of documents to repair and test communications-electronics equipment used by servicemembers around the world.
• Program ensures Soldiers' readiness
  Early in his tenure as tactical support operations supervisor at Fort Jackson, Harvey J. Jackson heard a comment from a Soldier that he said bothered him. “I got another broken weapon,” Jackson recalls hearing the Basic Combat Training Soldier say. The statement made Jackson wonder.
• Army releases new training manual
  The Army released the new field manual FM 7-0, Training for Full Spectrum Operations, at the Training General Officer Steering Committee conference at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 15.
• EOD academy helps Army meet increased mission
  FORT CARSON, Colo. -- A new group-level pilot program was put to the test at Fort Carson Dec. 2-5, to help the Army meet the increasing demand of explosive ordnance disposal resources in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
• Technology improves unit communication
  The annual Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment concluded this week with an open house on McKenna MOUT Wednesday that showcased more than 30 kinds of technology. The open house presented an opportunity for industry and military leaders to learn about the uses and advantages of technology studied during the experiment, said Harry Lubin, chief of Fort Benning’s Live Experimentation Division with the Maneuver Battle Lab. Now in its fifth year, the experiment focused on the impact of network technology on small units.
• Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) Best Crew Competition
  The Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) Best Crew Competition is a program which offers Soldiers from 1st Space Company, 1st Space Battalion, the opportunity to prepare, train and show their skills in a profession that they alone represent. Because 1st Space Company is the only theater missile warning unit in the Army, the competition not only identifies the best theater missile warning crew in the company, but also the best crew in the Army. These crews are without question the best in the world at what they do.
• Nanotechnology company opens at Watervliet Arsenal
  The Watervliet Arsenal welcomed its newest tenant, Vistec Lithography Inc., in a ceremony heralded by local, state, and national political leaders as a major step toward moving the Capital District into a nanotechnology center of excellence. After nearly two years of planning, Vistec recently completed the move of its headquarters from Cambridge, England to the Arsenal. The company is a global supplier of sophisticated equipment that uses advanced electron-beam lithography to imprint silicon wafers with electronic circuits.
• Army Astronaut assists with ISS upgrade
  Army Lt. Col. Robert S. Kimbrough proved he had the ‘right stuff’ completing his first flight into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour as part of STS-126 mission in November after four years of intensive astronaut candidate training.
• Female scientists' research shines at Army Science Conference
  At last week’s 26th Army Science Conference, attended by leading defense researchers from across the globe, some were surprised to learn that female scientists are stepping into the spotlight more than ever for their discoveries.
• Female scientists' research shines at Army Science Conference
  At last week’s 26th Army Science Conference, attended by leading defense researchers from across the globe, some were surprised to learn that female scientists are stepping into the spotlight more than ever for their discoveries.
• Chemical Company in Hawaii Takes Part in WMD Exercise
  Soldiers from the 71st Chemical Company, 45th Sustainment Brigade, trained with the Soldiers and Airmen of the 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD-CST), a component of the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard on December 2nd at Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Hawaii.
• ARCIC presents first capability developer and team developer of the year awards
  Lt. Gen. Michael Vane, Deputy Commanding General for Futures and Director of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), presented the first Capability Developer and Team Developer Awards Dec. 2 at the Capability Developer Leader Seminar on Fort Monroe.
• Army fields new equipment to stop bleeding
  Test results show Combat Gauze field bandages and WoundStat granules both demonstrated marked improvements over what’s currently used to control bleeding in the field, said Col. Paul Cordts of the Army Surgeon General’s office.
• Army Science Conference offers opportunity for collaboration
  The 26th Army Science Conference is currently underway in Orlando, Fla., bringing together the scientists, researchers and engineers that are leading the way in developing the next generation of technology for the U.S. Army.
• Chiarelli to scientists: Empower 'strategic corporal'
  The Army’s vice chief of staff warned researchers Dec. 2 not to let “institutional antibodies” quash ideas and innovations that have the potential to provide Soldiers advantage in the future.
• Support cell locates obsolete, difficult to find parts
  Tobyhanna personnel go to the ends of the Earth to find parts for older systems. Many systems the depot repairs and tests, although effective, use older technology. Manufacturers stop making them, the technology is lost or upgrades render older systems difficult to repair.
• Army Science Conference focuses on transformational technology
  The 26th Army Science Conference kicked off Dec. 1 in Orlando, Fla., focusing on technologies and sciences ranging from biotechnology to neuroscience.
• LCMR simulator saving time, money, lives
  Warfighters stake their lives on the accuracy of Tobyhanna’s groundbreaking technology every time they set up Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar (LCMR) systems in the field.
• Army beefs up non-lethal capabilities
  FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Soldiers are trained to use non-lethal force as much as possible. But until recently, not every Soldier had “the right mix” of tools and capabilities to meet those goals.
• New chemical, biological equipment introduced to Fort Hood Soldiers
  FORT HOOD, Texas – Soldiers from the 1st Calvary Division performed team pre-deployment training on toxic industrial chemical protection and detection equipment and hazardous material identification Nov. 18, at Fort Hood Army Airfield.
• From soldier to spaceman-A journey beyond the Army
  This story is about an Army astronaut who is slated to launch on the space shuttle this summer. His mission will be several months long aboard the space station.
• Infantry force will get precision munition