The U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground is the Department of Defense desert environment test center within the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. The Yuma Proving Ground has 320km of unpaved vehicle test courses that cross a variety of landforms of diverse geologic age and characteristics. The surface ...
Army, the Army Combat Fitness test (ACFT) has been the subject of interest for years, with one move, in particular, spiking everyone’s interest — the leg tuck. The infamous move has since been removed from the US Army test, after experts concluded“it did not correctly measure co...
4ID Spc. Caleb Green prepares for his nightly call-for-fire mission with the LRAS mounted on top of one of his Fire Support Vehicle (Stryker). Credit: Gregory Dalglish, Test Officer, Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate / US Army. Soldiers from US Army’s 4th Infantry Division (...
Calisthenics athletes and YouTubers Stan Browney and Arjen Albers took on 2 minutes of pushups, 2 minutes of situps and a 2-mile run without training.
We conducted a retrospective study of a telemedicine clinic for paediatric patients with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes. Thirty-one patients (mean age 12 years) were enrolled into the clinic. After an initial visit, a group messaging system was provided to allow communication with the diabetic ...
Understanding the ACFT standards is important, whether you’re currently a soldier or considering joining the Army. Here's what you need to know.
For something commonly called a "dummy," the mannequins used in crash tests are surprisingly sophisticated and so specialized that they're not much use out of automotive safety labs. When the US Army went looking for a dummy of its own, it had to go back to square one by awarding a con...
Here’s how it works. Stargazer Ryan Eiger captured this stunning photo of an Army missile contrail along with Venus and the moon over Scottsdale, Ariz., before dawn on Sept. 13, 2012. The contrail was caused by an Amry Juno rocket during a missile intercept test from Fort Wingate near ...
AGE, GENDER AND PERFORMANCE ON THE U.S.ARMY PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST (APFT)Cell LineChromosomes, Human, Pair 21HumansAlzheimer DiseaseGenetic MarkersBlotting, SouthernChromosome MappingGenetic LinkageWe were able to refine the chromosomal position of two existing marker loci, using an extended ...
Comes Under Fire]]>Jason Leopold