1.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Click to Enlarge
Army Supercomputing Research Center at Aberdeen Proving
Ground opens new facility ADELPHI, Md. -‐-‐ The U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Supercomputing Research Center will host an invitation-‐only open house at 9 a.m., June 10, at
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
AMC band member chosen to become an Army Band Officer
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -‐-‐ A U.S. Army Materiel Command band member was chosen to join
the commissioned officer ranks. Sgt. Donald “Taylor” Criswell, senior instrumentalist, was
selected to attend Officer Candidate School to become a commissioned officer after
successfully completing the audition and interview.
Corn-‐Feds: Army plans to power plants with plants PICATINNY
ARSENAL, N.J. -‐-‐ Picatinny has formed a partnership with private industry to develop a fuel cell
that runs off ethanol, which could potentially power the Army's ammunition facilities as an
environmentally friendly energy source.
CAAA employee receives AMC's 2012 Dellamonica award CRANE,
Ind. -‐-‐ Crane Army Ammunition Activity employee Randall Burcham received the Louis
Dellamonica Award for Outstanding Army Materiel Command Personnel of the Year for 2012.
Burcham is one of ten AMC employees chosen for the honor.
'This is a campus that takes care of people' REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -‐-‐
Despite the current fiscal environment, headquarters Army Materiel Command still has a focus
on improving the quality of life for its workforce. Health promotion, resiliency courses and a
new cafeteria are just a few examples of the positive choices the command can enjoy.
2.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Official: Al-‐Qaida still a
threat despite U.S.
successes
NATO Defense
Ministers set post-‐2014
Afghanistan mission
Secretary praises
Spain in meeting with
Defense Minister
OSBP helps small business with contracting opportunities ITALY -‐-‐
With more than 100 years of collective contracting and acquisition experience, the Army
Contracting Command's Office of Small Business Programs staff spends its days matching small
businesses with contracting opportunities around the world.
Odierno: Sexual
assault, harassment
cannot be tolerated in
Army
Under Secretary, Vice
Chief: Support for
deployed troops Army's
top fiscal priority
Seventh-‐annual Pacific
disaster response
exercise begins in
Indonesia
Army recognizes recipients of 2012 environmental awards
WASHINGTON -‐-‐ Recipients of the Army's 2012 environmental awards were selected for their
positive impact on the Army mission, saving resources, restoring the environment, and
protecting Soldiers and civilians.
Heftier unmanned ground vehicle offers more lifting, hauling
strength DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. -‐-‐ A small car can't pull a heavy trailer. Sports utility
vehicles don't have a compact car's fuel efficiency. A perfect, one-‐size-‐fits-‐all vehicle doesn't
exist. The same goes for unmanned ground vehicles, known as UGVs.
4-‐401st AFSB Kandahar mobile RPAT uses PAKGLOC to execute
first fort-‐to-‐door mission KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -‐-‐ In a joint effort
between the 4th Battalion, 401st Army Field Support Brigade and the 2nd Battalion, 23rd
Infantry Regiment, the Kandahar Mobile Redistribution Property Assistant Team executed its
first fort-‐to door operation May 21.
Army, University of Maryland create realistic robotic bird ABERDEEN
PROVING GROUND, Md. -‐-‐ A robotic bird created by Army and University of Maryland
researchers is tricking real flocks -‐-‐ and hawks -‐-‐ midair, making it a potential unsuspecting future
war agent. Robo-‐Raven glides, soars and flaps like a real bird.
ACC-‐NCR drawdown going 'better than expected' REDSTONE ARSENAL,
Ala. -‐-‐ "Better than expected" is the way the point man characterized the closing of the Army
Contracting Command-‐National Capital Region contracting center.
