The Army Parade Poses Potential Pitfalls like a Tank Breakdown. Soldiers Say They're Prepared.
Army vehicle and aircrews were hard at work this week preparing for a massive military parade Saturday to honor the 250th anniversary of the service’s founding, a celebration that coincides with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. Thousands of soldiers have descended upon Washington, D.C., from more than a dozen Army divisions across the force, and […]
Army Veteran Battling Terminal Cancer Gets His Wish to Shoot a Tank One Last Time
Doctors estimated in September that Jay Tenison, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, had 3-6 months to live. One of the things on his bucket list was to fire a tank one last time. Tenison, 39, is a former tanker who served from 2004 to 2008 on active duty and another five years in the […]
It’s Not a Light Tank: Army Unveils New Armored Combat Vehicle
For the first time in decades, the Army is fielding a new capability to support infantry units: the M10 Booker Combat Vehicle. The service unveiled the vehicle this week at the Pentagon in a briefing to reporters. The M10, which took four years to select and procure, resembles something between a Soviet BMP-2 amphibious infantry […]