As the budget shrinks and because the active Army draws all the way down to 490,000, elimination of excess infrastructure is required, say leaders from Army Installations, Housing & Partnerships. There are many of spaces and facilities at installations during the U.S. that aren’t being utilized or are only partially utilized, said Paul Cramer, deputy assistant secretary for Installations, Housing & Partnerships, or IHP. Yet by law, he said, the military is needed to take care of those facilities. So the Army’s recommendation to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, which is called OSD, and Congress is that a... Read More »
The temperatures could have been cold here last week, but Thompson Hill Complex was hot as about 70 Soldiers from B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., performed live-fire Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar training. The Soldiers, who’re a mixture of Air Defense Artillery, referred to as ADA, military occupational specialties, were transitioning from the Avenger surface-to-air missile system to Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar, referred to as C-RAM. “It’s been excellent; we’ve been knocking them (incoming mortars, rockets) out of the park,” said Spc. Clifton Hawkins, B/5-5th ADA. “It’s amazing to return out here... Read More »
India’s share in research-and-development work for the joint Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) project with Russia is currently limited by India’s domestic industrial capabilities but will gradually increase with the project’s implementation, a Russian military expert said Friday. India’s The commercial Times newspaper reported on October 17 that Indian military officials were concerned over the country’s work share inside the FGFA project, that’s currently only 15 percent despite the fact that New Delhi is bearing 50 percent of the price. According to the paper, India’s defense minister is anticipated to elevate that issue during his visit to Russia beginning November... Read More »