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Army News Service: Vice Chief: FCS Vehicles Will Transform Warfighting
Oct. 8, 2008 - New Army fighting vehicles promise to transform the nature of war as dramatically as the tank did in the 20th Century, said Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli in remarks delivered Monday at an annual breakfast meeting of the Association of the United States Army.

The Cannoneer
Oct. 9, 2008 - Check out the latest issue of The Cannoneer, published by the Ft. Sill Field Artillery community.

Aerospace & Defense Network: BAE Fires 1st Shot from NLOS Cannon Prototype
Oct. 6, 2008 - BAE Systems successfully fired the first round from the first XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) Cannon prototype at a U.S. Army test site.

Army News Service: Army Evaluation Task Force Key to FCS Integration
Oct. 7, 2008 - Soldiers are now testing Future Combat Systems equipment at Fort Bliss, Texas, and making recommendations for improvement, said a 1st Armored Division NCO Monday at the Association of the United States Army annual meeeting and exposition.

180 Sill Soldiers Welcomed Back
Oct. 6, 2008 - LAWTON, Okla. — Efrem Dennis could hardly contain his glee or his tears when he saw his brother, Sgt. Therman Dennis, get off a bus after a 15-month tour of duty in Iraq.

DRS Technologies Awarded $29 Million Follow-On Contract for M1200 Armored Knight Fire Support Vehicles 
Oct. 6, 2008 - DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it completed definitization of an award for $29 million as part of a contract from the U.S. Army's Tank-Automotive Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC)...

Army Conference Meets in Washington; Defense Contractors Display Latest Weapons for Service
Oct. 6, 2008 - NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Top Army officials and defense contractors will converge on Washington Monday for the opening of the Army's annual conference to discuss policy and showcase the service's latest weaponry.

U.S. Awards 2nd-Generation Excalibur Contracts
Oct. 3, 2008 - The U.S. Army has awarded development contracts totaling $20.7 million to ATK and Raytheon to begin work on Excalibur 1B, an advanced yet cheaper variant of the GPS-guided 155mm artillery round being fired in Iraq, service officials said.

The Cannoneer 
Oct. 2, 2008 - Check out the latest issue of The Cannoneer, published by the Ft. Sill Field Artillery community.

 

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by Spc. Ben Brody
November 9, 2005
1st Lt. Clements Gover, 1-9 FA, platoon leader, interviews a disabled veteran of the Iran-Iraq war during an operation Nov. 9 in Zafarania, Iraq. Photos courtesy of DVIDS.

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Well another AUSA in the books. Was an exciting time. I think Uncle Jimbo over at BlackFive wraps it up nicely: http://tinyurl.com/4hdd3j

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