By Agence France-Presse on Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

The Army doesn’t know of course what the worldwide environment will appear to be around 2030, but it’s likely going to should conduct operations then when called upon to take action. To prepare for that point, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command conducted a Unified Quest Deep Futures Wargame at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., Sept. 16-20, 2013. The wargame takes predictions in regards to the future strategic environment, from insights that come from the National Intelligence Council 2030 study and other sources, including the Army’s own studies, and uses that environment because the foundation for 2 teams to independently wargame... Read More »

By Lockheed Martin on Thursday, August 22nd, 2013

As U.S. forces prepare to depart Afghanistan, the Afghan Air Force and the Afghan National Army are integrating air and ground forces to conduct combat fire support and logistics missions as they keep growing and lead operations. On Sept. 18, three Afghan National Army fire support officers and two staff officers with the 4th Infantry Brigade, 203rd Corps, conducted an air-to-ground integration, or AGI, exercise near Hunter Base in eastern Afghanistan. The Afghan National Army, or ANA, soldiers successfully coordinated with two Afghan Mi-35 helicopters. They conducted live-fire drills, including easy methods to abort a mission. The AGI exercise, portion... Read More »

The US Air Force is unable to take care of with a growing demand for pilots able to operating drones, partly as a consequence of a shortage of volunteers, in step with a brand new study. Despite the significance put on the burgeoning robotic fleet, drone operators face a scarcity of opportunities for promotion to raised ranks and the army has did not identify and cultivate this new category of aviators, Air Force Colonel Bradley Hoagland wrote inside the report published for the Brookings Institution think tank. In 2012, the Air Force had a goal to coach 1,129 “traditional” pilots... Read More »