STRIPES (Matthew Adams) - Marine Corps plans to expand force by more than 6,500 | Stars and Stripes
The additional Marines will be spread across 64 initiatives, creating specialties and enhancing infantry battalions, drone units and air defenses.
STRIPES (Jennifer H. Svan) - Army receives prototype that could eventually replace Bradley Fighting Vehicle | Stars and Stripes
The first of eight Lynx XM30 vehicles has been delivered to the Army, and the remaining ones are slated to arrive later this year.
STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - Marines push drones and defenses to squad level to prep ground forces for tech-heavy battlefield | Stars and Stripes
The Marines believe moving advanced technology into their smallest units will allow those forces to operate farther apart, making them harder to find.
WAR (Jacqueline Hames, Army Acquisition Support Center) - Army Develops Ultra-Light Vehicle for Changing Battlefields
In fielding the Infantry Squad Vehicle, an ultra-light tactical vehicle that carries nine passengers and their equipment, the Army took a rapid acquisition approach, using commercial off-the-shelf solutions and minimal military modifications.
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Modified surplus version of US military Cold War-era rifle to be sold to public next year | Stars and Stripes
More than 100,000 Cold War-era M14 rifles will be sold to the public early next year by the federally approved distribution program.
STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - Heavy unit, light trucks: Army tests Infantry Squad Vehicle in armor brigade for first time | Stars and Stripes
The ISVs add speed and stealth for cavalry scouts and dismounted infantrymen who operate at or beyond the front lines.
STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Army combines 2 units into new 7th Infantry Division | Stars and Stripes
The move combines the “Bayonet Division,” which traces its lineage back to World War I, with the formerly separate 1st Multi-Domain Task Force.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - U.S. Army Now Equipping M7 Rifles With Cutting-Edge DAGIR-V1 Lasers
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - US Army: 251 Years of Unbreakable Spirit, Unmatched Service
WAR (Sgt. Kaitlyn Jernigan, 126th Theater Public Affairs Support Element) - Michigan Army National Guard Uses UAS to Train for Tomorrow's Battlefield
Nine soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, participated in a two-week unmanned aerial system program, as the Michigan National Guard expands its drone training initiative.