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Mon, 2017-01-23 15:40

Sgts. 1st Class Leon Holt and Larry Kelsar, assigned to Mission Command Training Program, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., provide demonstration support for the Dismounted Soldier Training System Aug. 13. DSTS provides an immersive virtual training environment to conduct dismounted Soldier operations up to a company-sized element in a specified operational environment. (mctp1 mctp2)

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Thu, 2017-01-19 08:59

U.S. Army Combined Arms Center Commander Lt. Gen. Michael Lundy participated in a conversation with command chief warrant officers and senior warrant officers from around the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve and Army National Guard at an Army Senior Warrant Officer Council (ASWOC) Meeting on Fort Leavenworth January 17 through 19. The ASWOC serves as a senior leadership body to introduce, review, and address relevant issues concerning Army systems, policies, and programs that are designed to produce ready and relevant warrant officers who are competent in executing the Army mission within their roles as Soldiers, officers, leaders, technicians, and systems integrators. The council provides United States Department of the Army level integration and synchronization, and advice to Army leadership for cohort related issues. This specific council meeting related mainly address the four lines of effort in the Warrant Officer 2025 Strategy and the 26 specific tasks as outlined in HQ DA EXORD 196-16. The group meets four times annually, twice in person and twice via teleconference.

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Wed, 2017-01-18 12:18

Soldiers utilize CH-47F Chinook helicopters to conduct a low-cost, low-altitude resupply training mission on Fort Stewart, Ga., Jan. 9. They are from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment.

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Wed, 2016-12-07 12:29

Soldiers carry a simulated casualty to a collection point during training at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., Nov. 11, 2016. Photo by Sgt. Nikayla Shodeen.

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Wed, 2016-11-30 14:16

​Lt. Col. Steven Dubuc from Mission Command Training Program’s Operations Group Bravo mentors Capt. Stephen Keblish, a human resources officer with New York’s National Guard 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, as part of MCTP’s warfighter 17-2 in November. Multiple units from Army active duty, National Guard and the Army reserves participated in the warfighter.

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Tue, 2016-11-22 11:08

Lt. Col. Duane M. Patin and CSM Brandon R. Knicely, 2-47 IN BN, 194th BDE HHC, and AMU present the 2016 Service Rifle EIC training. Competitors are eligible to compete for Match Winner and awards within their shooting class. This competition takes place at McAndrews Range on Fort Benning. (Photo by Markeith Horace/MCoE PAO Photographer)

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Mon, 2016-11-21 13:10

Last fiscal year, the Army was the first service to employ all of its 41 cyber mission force teams to guard Department of Defense networks, said Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, who assumed command of Army Cyber Command and Second Army Oct. 14... The first batch of officers also graduated this past year from a cyber leadership course, he said, and progress was made on ongoing upgrades to fortify Army cyber defenses. Click to the photo to read more.

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Fri, 2016-11-18 10:56

U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tanks from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division push forward to engage targets during the live-fire portion of National Training Center (NTC) 17-01 at Fort Irwin, Calif., Oct. 14, 2016. "Each fight we executed at or better than a 90 percent operational readiness rate for tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles which is a testament to their disciplined approach to fleet readiness," said Col. John Woodward, the brigade commander. NTC 17-01 provides U.S. military units and personnel with realistic pre-deployment training scenarios in all aspects of armed conflict. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Leah Kilpatrick) Click the photo to read more.

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Thu, 2016-11-17 10:54

The STE (synthetic training environment) will be more than just simulation; it will be a live-virtual-constructive architecture that will enable Soldiers at their home installation to don goggles and special gloves to train with allies in virtual "megacities" involving thousands of virtual combatants and miles of complex terrain. Click the graphic to read more.

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Thu, 2016-11-17 08:59

Dutch infantry soldiers from the 11th Inf. Bn., RNLA, navigate an obstacle course at the Fort Hood MSTC during a point of injury and casualty evacuation exercise Friday. The soldiers are at Fort Hood for a five-week training exercise that includes point of injury medical training. Click the photo to read the full story. (Photo credit Heather Graham-Ashley, Sentinel News Editor)

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