Friday, February 20, 2015

DTN News: IDEX 2015 Abu Dhabi Top Stories / Headlines News Dated February 20, 2015

Defense War News Updates: DTN News: IDEX 2015 Abu Dhabi Top Stories / Headlines News Dated February 20, 2015
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 20, 2015: Comprehensive news on Defense Technology For the Future related to IDEX 2015 from 22 - 26 February 2015 in Abu Dhabi UAE.

*News related to IDEX 2015 from 22 - 26 February 2015 in Abu Dhabi UAE;

  • NAVDEX 2015 - Welcome

    www.navdex.ae/
    IDEX 2015. DEFENCE ... 6. 7. 8. 9. PrevNext. IDEX 2015. UMEX 2015. NAVDEX ... Idex Video. IDEX Highlights ... operations@idexuae.ae ... UAE Armed Forces ...
  • our stand No.04-A23 at IDEX 2015 in Abu Dhabi, UAE

    www.radiobarrier.com/welcome-to-our-stand-no-04-a23-at-idex-2015-i...
    INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE - IDEX 2015 - Abu DhabiNational Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates.
  • IDEX - PHOTONIS

    www.photonis.com/en/content/285-nightvision-idex
    IDEX 2015 (Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates) ... Year on year IDEX continues to attract a growing wealth of international decision-makers from within the ...
  • Abu Dhabi road closures for Idex 2015
    The National - 22 hours ago
    ABU DHABI // Motorists are being warned of road closures on Sunday for the International ... is held under the patronage of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, President of the UAE.
  • IDEX 2015 | 9th International Defence Exhibition and ...

    eventegg.com/idex-uae/
    IDEX 2015, 9th International Defence Exhibition and Conference, United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, 22 - 26 February 2015.
    Feb 22 - Feb 26
    Abu Dhabi National ...
  • Invitation to IDEX 2015, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ...

    www.czub.cz/.../922-invitation-to-idex-2015-abu-dhabi-united-arab-emi...
    Invitation to IDEX 2015Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates. 22nd – 26th February 2015 / Display Stand No. 01-B36. From the 22nd to the 26th February 2015 

  • Abu Dhabi road closures for Idex 2015 | The National

    www.thenational.ae/uae/.../20150220/abu-dhabi-road-closures-for-idex-...
    22 hours ago - Abu Dhabi road closures for Idex 2015 ... This year's event in Abu Dhabi runs from February 22 to 26. ... New yacht code for UAE launched ...
  • idex 2015 abu dhabi, uae - Events in Focus

    www.eventsinfocus.net/idex2015.html
    IDEX 2015 - ABU DHABIUAE. 22nd - 26th JANUARY 2015. idex637. The International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX, is the most strategically ...
  • IDEX 2015, Abu Dhabi (UAE) - English - SwissDrones

    www.swissdrones.com/newsreader/11.html
    Jan 13, 2015 - SwissDrones will be at the IDEX 2015 in Abu Dhabi. Come to see us!Booth UM48. Ask for Mr Menick!
  • IDEX 2015 - AmSafe Bridport

    https://amsafebridport.com/events/idex-2015/
    Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates; 22/02/2015 - 26/02/2015; 05-C18; Contact ... We will be exhibiting at IDEX (22-26/02/14), the most strategically important ...
  • Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) » ADNEC

    www.adnec.ae/
    Abu Dhabi Electronics Shopper 2015 ... Enjoy your stay in Abu Dhabi, find your perfect hotel ... International Defence Exhibition & Conference ( IDEX 2015).
  • IDEX 2015 - Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments ...

    www.adasi.ae/media/events/idex-2015.aspx
    Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Co LLC ... IDEX 2015. Events ... by the IDEX LLC in association and with the full support of the UAE Armed Forces.
  • IDEX 2015 | TEMET

    www.temet.com/story/idex-2015
    IDEX 2015Abu DhabiUAE 22-26 February 2015. International Defence Exhibition & Conference IDEX 2015 is one of the world's largest and most strategically ...
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  • Tuesday, February 17, 2015

    DTN News: Happy Chinese New Year 2015 - Gong Xi Fa Cai / Kung Hei Fat Choi ~ Year Of The Goat

    Defense War News Updates: DTN News: Happy Chinese New Year 2015 - Gong Xi Fa Cai / Kung Hei Fat Choi ~ Year Of The Goat
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    (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 17, 2015:  This year’s Chinese New Year celebration on February 19, 2015 will usher in the Year of the Goat. Gong Xi Fa Cai.


    May the year Goat, shower you and your family with Good Luck, Fortune, Health and full of Joy.

    Wishing you a Happy Chinese New Year 2015. Gong Xi Fa Cai / Kung Hei Fat Choi ~ Year Of The Goat

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    Friday, February 13, 2015

    DTN News - EGYPT DEFENSE NEWS: Egypt Opts For The Rafale

    Defense War News Updates: DTN News - EGYPT DEFENSE NEWS: Egypt Opts For The Rafale
    *France is to sell 24 Rafale fighter jets to Egypt along with a naval frigate and missiles in a deal worth more than €5 billion, President François Hollande said Thursday, the first time a foreign buyer has been found for the French-built warplanes
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    (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 13, 2015: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will travel to Cairo Monday to sign the final agreement with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Hollande said in a statement issued by his office.

    “The Rafale fighter jet has won its first export contract,” Hollande said, confirming a report in French daily Le Monde published earlier Thursday that said a deal had been agreed.
    “The Egyptian authorities have just let me know their intention of acquiring 24 Rafale planes, a multi-mission frigate as well as related equipment,” he added.
    These last two items are believed to be a FREMM warship, currently used by the French and Italian navies, and a number of short and medium-range missiles built by MBDA.
    The deal follows years of failed attempts by France to export the Rafale, described as one of the most effective and sophisticated fighter jets in the world, but also one of the most expensive.
    A potential deal to sell the multipurpose warplanes to Brazil  fell through in 2013 when the country chose jets made by Sweden’s Saab instead.
    And although manufacturer Dassault Aviation, which launched the Rafale more than a decade ago, has been in exclusive negotiations with India for the last three years, a final deal has yet to be signed.
    The French government has reduced its order for the planes to 26 Rafale jets over the next five years, down from 11 a year so far, putting Dassault under further pressure to find a foreign buyer.
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    A potential deal with Egypt was first muted in November last year during Sisi’s state visit to Paris, according to Le Monde, where discussions were held about replacing Egypt's fleet of 18 Mirage jets, also built by Dassault.
    Though funding issues were believed to be a concern, French business daily Les Echos reported earlier this month that the two countries were discussing using a credit facility – arranged by French credit insurer COFACE and involving some of France’s biggest banks – to finance as much as 50 percent of the sale.
    France has a history of military hardware deals with Egypt: as well as being the first foreign buyer of the Mirage jet in 1981, Cairo signed a contract last year to buy four French-built naval frigates in a deal worth €1 billion.
    Concerns over the rise of jihadist groups in neighbouring Libya and in Egypt’s Sinai province have also seen the countries establish closer ties in recent years.
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    Thursday, February 12, 2015

    DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 12, 2015

    Defense War News Updates: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated February 12, 2015
    Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-029-15 February 12, 2015
    (NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 12, 2015U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued February 12, 2015 are undermentioned;

    CONTRACTS
     
    ARMY
     
    ABM Government Services, Hopkinsville, Kentucky (W912DY-15-D-0029); ACEPEX Management Corp.,* Montclair, California (W912DY-15-D-0030); EMCOR Government Services, Arlington, Virginia (W912DY-15-D-0031); Electronic Metrology Laboratory,* Franklin, Tennessee (W912DY-15-D-0032); Facility Services Management,* Clarksville, Tennessee (W912DY-15-D-0033); J&J Maintenance Inc., Austin , Texas (W912DY-15-D-0034); Johnson Controls Building Automation Systems, Huntsville, Alabama (W912DY-15-D-0035); Quality Services International, San Antonio, Texas (W912DY-15-D-0036); SODEXO Management Gaithersburg, Maryland (W912DY-15-D-0037); and VW International, Alexandria, Virginia (W912DY-15-D-0038), were awarded a $990,000,000 firm-fixed-price shared contract amount for operations and maintenance services at government medical and related non-medical facilities including hospitals, clinics, administrative, pharmacies, veterinarian, dental, training, research, utility and energy plants, labs and storage facilities, as well as some nonmedical facilities associated with these medical facilities.. Funding and work location will be determined with each order with an estimated completion date of Feb. 11, 2020. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 22 received. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
     
    ABM Government Services, Hopkinsville, Kentucky (W91278-15-D-0020); EMCOR Government Services Inc., Arlington, Virginia (W91278-15-D-0021); Facilities Services Management Inc., Clarksville, Tennessee (W91278-15-D-0022); J&J Worldwide Services, Austin, Texas (W91278-15-D-0023); and Jones Lang LaSalle, Washington, District of Columbia (W91278-15-D-0024), were awarded a $248,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, task order contract with options for the operation, maintenance and minor construction for Army Medical Command facilities in CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 8, 2020. Bids were solicited via the Internet with six received. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

    Airbus Defense and Space Inc., Herndon, Virginia, was awarded a $220,564,993 modification (P00882) to contract W58RGZ-06-C-0194 to procure forty-one 72A Lakota Helicopters to include forty-one Airborne Radio Communications 231 Radios. Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $220,564,993 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is July 31, 2017. Work will be performed Columbus, Mississippi. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

    Robertson Fuel Systems, Tempe, Arizona, was awarded a $45,352,938 firm-fixed-price foreign military sales contract (Korea, Turkey, UAE) to supply Extended Range Fuel Systems and associated support equipment for the CH-47 helicopter. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 3019. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-15-D-0025).

    Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin J/V was awarded a $25,368,524 modification (P00013) to foreign military sales contract W31P4Q-14-C-0127 (Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, France, Lithuania, Jordan, Norway, Taiwan) for life cycle contractor support and repairs for U.S. Army, Marines, Army National Guard and FMS customers. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) and other procurement funds in the amount of $25,368,524 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Feb. 28, 2016. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

    Elbit Systems of America, Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded a $13,185,756 modification (P00013) to foreign military sales contract W58RGZ-12-C-0164 (Indonesia) for 300 Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets. Fiscal 2010/2013/2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $13,185,756 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is April 30, 2017. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.

    Wolverine Services LLC,* Colorado Springs, Colorado, was awarded an $11,371,140 firm-fixed-price contract for base operations services. Work will be performed at the following Alaskan locations: Fort Wainwright, Donnelly, Yukon and Black Rapids training areas with an estimated completion date of April 11, 2021. Bids were solicited via the Internet with six received. Funding will be determined with each order. Army Contracting Command, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, is the contracting activity (W912D0-15-D-0004).

    DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
     
    Beacon Point Associates, LLC,** Pembroke Pines, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $45,000,000 fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for hospital equipment/supplies, optical/laboratory equipment/supplies, components and systems accessories. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and fifty-five offers were received. This is a five-year base contract with no option year periods. Location of performance is Florida with a Feb. 11, 2020 performance completion date. Using military services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. Type of appropriation is fiscal year 2015 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (SPE2DE-15-D-0012).
     
    AIR FORCE
     
    COLSA Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, has been awarded a $23,748,310 modification (P00023) to exercise the option on previously awarded contract FA9200-10-D-0166. Contractor will provide additional diverse non-engineering, technical and acquisition management support services already being provided under the basic contract. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2015. This contract involves foreign military sales. Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.
     
    OASIS System LLC, Lexington, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $23,748,310 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite quantity modification (P00025) to exercise the option on previously awarded contract FA9200-10-D-0173. Contractor will provide additional diverse non-engineering, technical and acquisition management support services already being provided under the basic contract. Work will be performed at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2015. This contract involves foreign military sales. Air Force Test Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.
     
    NAVY
     
    Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $16,492,000 undefinitized delivery order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-14-G-0020) for the procurement and installation of vehicle management computer retrofit modification kits into designated aircraft that are critical to meeting F-35 Lightning II requirements. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (45 percent); Ogden, Utah (20 percent); Cherry Point, North Carolina (20 percent); Yuma, Arizona (5 percent); Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (5 percent); and Edwards Air Force Base, California (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in August 2016. Fiscal 2013 and 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force), fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds (Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force) and International Partner funds in the amount of $8,246,000 are being obligated on this award, $4,051,934 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
     
    General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, is being awarded a one-year $13,939,606 modification to a previously awarded multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement-type contract (N66001-12-D-0060) for support of technology insertion, software and systems engineering, modeling and simulation, systems integration testing, integrated logistics in support of information technology and other Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) efforts. This is one of two contracts awarded; each awardee will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period. This contract includes one remaining one-year option which, if exercised, would bring the potential, cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $68,088,407. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and work is expected to be completed by Feb. 11, 2016. No contract funds will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Funding will be obligated via task orders as they are issued using research, development, test and evaluation; other procurement (Navy); operations & maintenance (Navy); Navy working capital fund; and Defense working capital funds. This contract was competitively procured via Request for Proposal N66001-11-R-0026 published on the Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website. Two proposals were received and two were selected. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-12-D-0060).

    Science Applications International Corp. Inc., McLean, Virginia, is being awarded a one-year $12,236,396 modification to a previously awarded multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement-type contract (N66001-12-D-0061) for support of technology insertion, software and systems engineering, modeling and simulation, systems integration testing integrated logistics in support of information technology and other Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) efforts. This is one of two contracts awarded; each awardee will have the opportunity to compete for task orders during the ordering period. This contract includes one remaining one-year option which, if exercised, would bring the potential, cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $59,770,490. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and work is expected to be completed Feb. 11, 2016. No contract funds will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Funding will be obligated via task orders as they are issued using research, development, test and evaluation; other procurement (Navy); operations and maintenance (Navy); Navy working capital fund; and Defense working capital funds. This contract was competitively procured via Request for Proposal N66001-11-R-0026 published on the Federal Business Opportunities website, and the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with two proposals received and two were selected. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.


    Systems Engineering Support Co. Inc.,* San Diego, California, is being awarded a $7,566,497 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-reimbursement-type contract for design, engineering, integration, fabrication and testing support of the Data Multiplex Systems (DMS), the Fiber Optic Data Multiplex System, and the Gigabit Ethernet Data Multiplex System, collectively referred to as xDMS. This is a three-year contract which includes two one-year options, which if exercised, would bring the contact value to $12,975,000. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and work is expected to be completed Feb. 11, 2018. No contract funds will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Funding will be obligated via task orders as they are issued using ship construction (Navy), other procurement (Navy) and foreign military sales funds. This contract was competitively procured via solicitation N66001-14-R-0013 and publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website and SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website, with two offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N66001-15-D-0058).

    *Small business
    **Service disabled veteran owned small business

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    Monday, November 10, 2014

    DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated November 10, 2014

    Defense War News Updates: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated November 10, 2014
    Source: K. V. Seth - DTN News + U.S. DoD issued No. CR-216-14 November 10, 2014
    (NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala INDIA - November 10, 2014: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued November 10, 2014 are undermentioned;

    CONTRACTS
     
    ARMY
     
    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Oak Brook, Illinois, was awarded a $57,609,736 firm-fixed-price contract, with options, for initial construction and beach nourishment at Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet, Ocean City and Sea Isle City, Cape May County, New Jersey. Work will be performed in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 18, 2016. Bids were solicited via the Internet, with two received. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $57,609,736 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (W912BU-15-C-0003).
     
    Walsh Group Ventures, Chicago, Illinois, was awarded a $50,930,542 firm-fixed-price contract, with options, to construct a new high school on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2016. Bids were solicited via the Internet, with four received. Fiscal 2015 military construction funds in the amount of $50,930,542 are being obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Kentucky, is the contracting activity (W912QR-15-C-0001).

    MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
     
    Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a sole- source, unpriced change order (P00076) with a not to exceed amount of $31,657,952 to previously awarded contract HQ0276-10-C-0005. This modification is to align the test program with the hardware delivery schedule for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program, which is currently executed under CLIN 0003 (Block IIA All Up Round Development and Integration). Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, with an expected completion date of May 2016. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,056,430 is being obligated at the time of award. The Missile Defense Agency, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

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    Saturday, November 8, 2014

    DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Orient Shield 14 Finishes With Field Training Exercise

    Defense War News Updates: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: Orient Shield 14 Finishes With Field Training Exercise
    Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth from reliable sources By Master Sgt. Corine Lombardo ~ US Army
    (NSI News Source Info) KOTTAKKAL, Kerala INDIA - November 7, 2014:  (CAMP HIGASHI-CHITOSE, Japan) -- Hundreds of U.S. Army Soldiers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members headed for the mountains to defend sovereign territory and defeat a fictional enemy during a simulated combat field training exercise here, Nov 3-5.

    The 72-hour field exercise puts to the test what Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members from the 11th Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, Northern Army, have been rehearsing for the past week and a half.

    "The benefit of spending this time together allows us to work in unison as one team. Although we will fight separately, we have one common goal-defend and help secure a peaceful allied country," said Capt. Andrew Julian, an operations officer assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

    The exercise brings U.S. Soldiers to Japan to honor the alliance and work together with Japan's defense force to regain sovereign territory against an armed invasion.

    Each force has a list of objectives they must complete throughout the exercise as they work their way through the mountainous terrain to reach their final objective. Opposing them is a contingent of U.S. Army Soldiers playing the "enemy" who will attempt to disrupt their actions. 

    "We use different tactics and procedures, but knowing each other's capabilities and how each of us operates in advance helps us support one another," said Julian.

    Throughout the field exercise the U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force forces are putting into play a host of skills and techniques they shared and demonstrated over the past ten days. 

    Infantry Soldiers have been brushing-up on map reading skills for navigating unknown terrain. Together with their Japan Ground Self-Defense Force counterparts they have been reinforcing combat skills including moving under direct fire, engaging targets while moving in a confined area and reacting quickly to unstable targets, as well as sniper marksmanship, explained Capt. Robert Lee, an operations officer with the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment.

    Armored mechanized counterparts have been exchanging techniques and demonstrating maneuver capabilities through mortar and tank live-fire exercises.

    In preparing for the field training exercise, aviators from the 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, from Wheeler Field, Hawaii, have been working together with their counterparts conducting close combat air attacks, air assault missions, aeromedical evacuations and aircraft refueling.

    The enemy is not real, but the challenges U.S. Army Soldiers face are. They are enduring cold, wet and muddy conditions to traverse miles of unfamiliar landscape and using the combat skills and tactics they have been rehearsing.

    Although the enemy is make believe, there's a specific operational planning process that is completed long before Soldiers move to the field. 

    This process involves studying all aspects of the area Soldiers will be training in, to include weather, terrain and vegetation, potential obstacles and the makeup and capabilities of the hypothetical enemy forces they face, Julian explained.

    This same process takes place for all military actions whether in training or in actual combat.

    According to Julian, both forces expended a great deal of time planning and rehearsing the complex tactical movements and maneuvers they are conducting throughout the exercise. 


    "This not only allows us to be successful in the exercise, but it also helps us build a partner force with our counterparts," Julian emphasized. "Everything we have been doing over the past two-weeks has built a very strong foundation for this culminating event."

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