How commercial satellite constellations fit into the Army’s future tactical network designs 4 hours ago U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assemble a satellite antenna in 2019 in Slovenia. The Army is looking for smaller satellite terminals for low-Earth and medium-Earth orbit capabilities. (Paolo Bovo/U.S. Army) JOINT BASE MYER‐HENDERSON HALL, Va. The U.S. Army will begin implementing advanced satellite communications technology to increase network resiliency as part of its next iteration of tactical network tools. Adding low-Earth orbit and medium-Earth orbit capabilities commercial satellite constellations into the service’s tactical network repertoire is part of the service’s effort to shift to dispersed battlefields, instead of the fixed fiber communications and forward operating bases that defined the last two decades of war in the Middle East.
OnFocus
Sgt. Savannah Lipinski, a Solider with Recruiting and Retention Battalion, and Sgt. Jacob Lewis, a Soldier with the 54th Civil Support Team, pose for a photo with Command Sgt. Maj. Curtis Patrouille, the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s senior enlisted leader, and Brig. Gen. Joane Mathews, the Wisconsin National Guard’s deputy adjutant general for Army, following the state Best Warrior Competition awards ceremony. Lipinski was named the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, and Lewis is this year’s runner up. Wisconsin Army National Guard photo
Submitted to OnFocus – FORT MCCOY, Wis. A select group of 20 Soldiers in the Wisconsin Army National Guard competed in the 2021 State Best Warrior Competition April 16-18 at Fort McCoy.
21 The Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG) recently held its Best Warrior Competition at Fort Custer Training Center. This competition, held March 28-31, is an annual event used to select MIARNG’s best Soldier of the Year (SOY) and Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year (SNCOY).
MIARNG Soldier of the Year is Spc. Tyler Dean with the 1431st Engineer Company, 177th Military Police Brigade and Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year is Staff Sgt. Landon Tompkins, with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 182nd Field Artillery Regiment, 272nd Regional Support Group.
Dean, who recently returned from a mobilization, had to beat out 12 other soldiers to be named Michigan Army National Guard’s top Soldier.
COVID-19 fallout: UC Air Force ROTC faces setbacks amid pandemic
Tawney Beans
The University of Cincinnati’s Air Force ROTC program had many plans between the spring of 2020 and now for its students (cadets) – assigning jobs and bases to soon-to-be seniors, training soon-to-be juniors over summer break and saying goodbye to the graduating class.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
That’s when its plans went awry: Everyone’s job and base assignments were delayed, only half of the junior class was trained and some spring 2020 graduates weren’t able to start their jobs.
Because of these setbacks, UC’s Air Force ROTC program has had to adjust, re-adjust and re-re-adjust in order to serve its purpose, which is to train students to become officers in the Air Force and Space Force while they complete their degrees.
DVIDS - News - Security Forces bring out big guns at Army base dvidshub.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dvidshub.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.