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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Picatinny cultivates today's teachers, tomorrow's innovators
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -­‐-­‐ A program here that invites a select number of students to be
immersed in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) added a new element
this year.
Presidential helicopter to get upgrade REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -­‐-­‐ The
primary aircraft in the U.S. President's rotary wing fleet is the VH-­‐60N, also known as the White
Hawk, and to support its mission planning, the Navy called upon members of the U.S. Army
Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center Software Engineering
Directorate.
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ASC briefs congressional staffers on evolving global reach,
critical missions ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -­‐-­‐ Congressional staffers from Iowa and
Illinois will be apprising elected officials on the status of Arsenal Island, its various missions
and future following a day's worth of briefings here Aug. 13.
Such a visit is held annually and sponsored by the Rock Island Arsenal Development Group.
"The U.S. Army Sustainment Command is the home of U.S. Army logistics," Maj. Gen. John
Wharton, commanding general of ASC and senior commander of RIA, told the group.
The Master Scenario Event List II workshop got under way July 15 and
Army aviation strives to own weather
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -­‐-­‐ Flying a helicopter through rain, fog or cloudy conditions is
challenging and dangerous, so a team of U.S. Army engineers have taken on the challenge to
research ways to make flying in degraded visual environments easier and safer for rotorcraft
pilots.
Adding new punch to aerial deliveries NATICK, Mass. -­‐-­‐ It sounds like
something you might find in a boxing gym, but the "Enhanced Speed Bag" system, or ESB,
actually could provide a potent new punch to aerial deliveries in Afghanistan. The Enhanced
Speed Bag, or ESB, being developed at the Natick Soldier Research, Development and
Engineering Center, is designed to enhance the current method of free-­‐dropping supplies into
areas where typical resupply methods are impractical.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Secretary announces
new anti-­‐sexual assault
initiatives
Hagel issues
statement on call to
Egyptian Defense
Minister
Military medicine
advances burn injury
treatment
Device gets Soldiers
back to work on their
feet, preventing
amputations
'Vibrant Response'
trains troops for nuclear
disaster
101st Airborne Div.
commander: Afghans
lead fight in Afghanistan
Furlough cut short: Normal work schedule resumes at ANAD
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -­‐-­‐ Depot personnel, like others within the Department of Defense,
received good news Aug. 6. That's the date Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced the end
of furlough for most civilian employees.
With the most recent reduction, furlough days were condensed from 11 to six (88 hours to 48
hours) and the depot reverted back to its normal 5-­‐4-­‐9 work schedule on August 11.forward
operating areas.
SDDC's RPOE brings rapid response capability to disaster
exercise SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -­‐-­‐ More than 40 members of Military Surface
Deployment and Distribution Command's 689th Rapid Port Opening Element from Joint Base
Langley-­‐Eustis, Va., teamed up with the U.S. Air Force at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in
Mascoutah, Ill., this week honing their rapid response and assessment skills during a Joint Task
Force -­‐-­‐ Port Opening exercise.
Everyone responsible for property accountability JOINT BASE SAN
ANTONIO-­‐FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -­‐-­‐ The threat of smaller budgets looming for the Army
underpins the significance of Soldiers and civilians entrusted with government property to
maintain accountability.
General visits ammunition plant, talks 2020 planning MCALESTER, Okla.
-­‐-­‐ Brig. Gen. Kristin K. French had a message for the senior leaders of McAlester Army
Ammunition Plant when she visited her subordinate installation here July 30: find the plant's
business niche within its core competencies and plan for 2020 now.
Helium supply critical to Army research REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -­‐-­‐ Army
senior research scientist Henry Everitt doesn't take helium lightly, because the second lightest
element in the universe is in high demand by research laboratories such as his at the U.S. Army
Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center.
Measurements made easy with depot machines ANNISTON ARMY
DEPOT, Ala. -­‐-­‐ Anniston Army Depot's Technology Integration Division is frequently called upon
whenever shops in the industrial area have an item whose dimensions cannot be measured by
shop personnel. The reason doesn't revolve around their abilities with tape measures, but,
rather, with a laser.