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Sharing a Snapshot from AUSA’s Annual Meeting
AAAA Family Forum Judy Konitzer By Judy Konitzer Every October I look forward to accompanying my husband to Washington D.C. for the AUSA Annual Meeting during which AUSA’s Family Directorate hosts Military Family Forums. Relevant and informative presentations from military and civilian leadership and representatives who provide service to Soldiers and their families are featured. TArmy Chief of Staff, GEN Raymond Odierno (center), addresses questions, together with Secretary of the Army, John McHugh (left) and Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond Chandler, during the third AUSA Family Forum on Wed., Oct. 15, at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. / AUSA...
Learn MoreFlight in Non-Army Aircraft
AMRDEC Tech Talk By Mr. David B. Cripps This situation was at best awkward in Aviation Foreign Internal Defense missions conducted jointly and particularly troublesome when involving Russian-built helicopters. In a series of three ALARACT (All Army Activities) messages, Army senior leadership provided policy guidance requiring risk acceptance at the general officer (GO) level for passenger operations on Mi-8/17 series helicopters. Mi-8 Hip Roving Sands 99 / WikipediaThis situation was at best awkward in Aviation Foreign Internal Defense missions conducted jointly and particularly troublesome when involving Russian-built helicopters. In a series of three ALARACT (All Army Activities) messages, Army senior...
Learn MoreTraining Recovery Supplements
Ask the Flight Surgeon By Dr. (LTC) Joseph Puskar Q: I will be training for an elite military unit doing lots of long-distance runs and other strenuous exercises on a daily basis. I would like to take a supplement to help my after workout recovery. I am 41 years old and take 20 mg simvastatin and 20 mg lisinopril. The product contains the following: L-Glutamine (1000mg); Triple strength Fish Oil (647 mg EPA/263 mg DHA); Joint Comfort Formula (250 mg Acacia catechu wood & bark extract, Chinese Skullcap root extract/100 mg Sicilian blood Orange Fruit & Peel extract (citrus sinesis);...
Learn MoreARNG Aviation Safety Update
Reserve Component Aviation Update By COL Mark W. Weiss Welcome back to the Army National Guard (ARNG). In this issue I’d like to share a few of the initiatives we’re taking on the Safety Front, in order to preserve our most precious asset – the Soldier – and the steeds with which those Soldiers ride to the sound of the guns, at home and overseas. But first I’d like to highlight the continuing impact of hazardous weather on our aircraft…while still on the ground. You old-timers may remember the Mother’s Day “Event” at Fort Hood in 1989, where a microburst...
Learn MoreThe Big Picture
By COL Thomas von Eschenbach One of the earliest examples of manned and unmanned teaming, now referred to as MUM-T, was during World War II when a B-17 Flying Fortress took off from RAF Fersfield in England headed to Germany closely followed by three chase aircraft. The B-17, designated a BQ-8 robot, was actually a flying bomb with 20,000 pounds of explosives on board designed with the intent of being remotely piloted into a submarine bunker in Germany. The BQ-8 concept was to launch like a normal aircraft with two pilots, reach a cruise altitude of 2,000 feet, arm the...
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