Night Vision Goggles May Have Hampered Black Hawk Pilots Before Crash with Jet, Experts Tell NTSB
The pilots of a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington in January would’ve had difficulty spotting the plane while wearing night vision goggles, experts told the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday. The Army goggles would have made it difficult to see the plane’s colored lights, which might have helped […]
As the Gaza Pier Is Packed Up, Experts Worry About What It Portends for a War in the Pacific
The U.S. Army, every few years, would break out a series of pontoons and boats and practice creating a pier where none existed before to land vehicles and cargo. It usually went pretty well, and it almost never generated any attention. Sometimes, weather would get in the way, and so the last time the service […]
Newly Graduated Army Data Experts Could Help the Service Reverse Its Recruiting Slump
The first of the Army’s talent acquisition technicians graduated Thursday, the products of a new warrant officer program seen as the second major phase in a recruiting overhaul aimed at overcoming a historic slump in enlistment. The new career field is in its infancy and is still being hammered out, but it will broadly serve […]