U S urging Ukraine to keep mum about upcoming Russian pipeline deal politico.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from politico.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cocoa extract and bodybuilding moves: How the Army is keeping Arctic troops warm 3 hours ago Sgt. Steven Calloway snowshoes across the tundra after conducting an airborne operation during exercise Arctic Pegasus in Deadhorse, Alaska, May 1, 2014. (Sgt. Edward Eagerton/Army) The Army is testing a “forearm heating device,” a cocoa bean and tea extract and a bodybuilding technique to keep hands and fingers warm in the extreme Arctic cold, where frostbite and other injuries are prevalent. The effort aligns with the Army’s release of its “Regaining Arctic Dominance” strategy in March, which announced plans to establish a two-star headquarters in Alaska that will manage Arctic-centric combat brigades.
Army s new Arctic strategy aims to build expeditionary capability armytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from armytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Army Outfits Paratroopers with Wearables to Gauge Stress Paratroopers exit from two Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during an airborne operation on the first day of a nine-day field training exercise in 2014 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Jeffrey Smith/U.S. Army Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox.
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Alaska-based, U.S. Army paratroopers are sporting biometric data-collecting wearables nonstop for half a year as part of ongoing research to inform how military members operate and deal with strains in arctic and other extreme environments.
The project is unfolding in collaboration with the University of Queensland, according to a press release published Wednesday, and human performance company WHOOP is behind the devices.
After Army Alaska’s alleged suicides, one battalion gets ‘sensing sessions’ Soldiers board CH-47 Chinooks during training in Alaska. (John Pennell/U.S. Army) A command team from the Hawaii-based 25th Combat Aviation Brigade visited one of their battalions at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in January to hold sensing sessions in which troops discussed their opinions on mental health, loss and grief. The trip came after two soldiers from 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, died by suicide in late December and January, and a third soldier attempted suicide in that same time period, according to two people and an email from a unit official obtained by Army Times that describes the three incidents.