Army to recruit up to 70 researchers for California laboratory

 As part of an initiative to spur scientific breakthroughs, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, plans to recruit up to 70 researchers to be based at the University of Southern California, or USC, Institute for Creative Technologies, or ICT, in Playa Vista, California.

ARL West will be the laboratory's largest outpost and the first one west of the Mississippi. It will leverage USC and regional expertise to broaden its abilities for the discovery, innovation and transition of science and technology. ARL, part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command based in Maryland, is the Army's central laboratory for internal and external fundamental research.


http://www.army.mil/article/158118/Army_to_recruit_up_to_70_researchers_for_California_laboratory/

Army scientists improve biosurveillance technology

  Members of an Army chemical-biological research team set up biological sensors for an operational demonstration at a U.S. military installation in Osan, South Korea.

The Joint United States Forces Korea Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition, also known as JUPITR, a program led by the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense, or JPEO-CBD, and supported by the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, or ECBC, will provide unique biological detection capabilities to address the demand for stronger biosurveillance capabilities on the Korean Peninsula.

http://www.army.mil/article/158054/Army_scientists_improve_biosurveillance_technology/

Rucksack may someday power Soldiers' gear

 A novel attachment to the Soldier's assault pack might someday reduce the number of batteries carried to power night-vision devices, radios and other equipment, as well as help make dismounted patrols less fatiguing.

Courtney Webster, a biomedical engineer with the Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, is in the middle of testing with her team the prototype "Energy Harvesting Backpack" at the Soldier Performance and Equipment Advanced Research, or SPEAR, facility here.


http://www.army.mil/article/158186/Rucksack_may_someday_power_Soldiers__gear/

Job training for a career as an Army health care specialist

Job training for a health care specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 16 weeks of Advanced Individual Training, including practice in-patient care.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Patient-care techniques
  
• Emergency medical techniques
  
• Methods of sterilizing surgical equipment
  
• Plaster-casting techniques
  

http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/medical-and-emergency/health-care-specialist.html

Expert Field Medical Badge test challenges Pacific Soldiers

  Medic! Countless wounded Soldiers have yelled out this word over the years and it takes a highly-skilled warrior to provide first aid and trauma care on the battlefield.

The 25th Infantry Division assessed those battlefield skills with Expert Field Medical Badge, or EFMB, testing Oct. 25-30. This is one of the most challenging and stressful training evaluations in the U.S. Army, with a 19 percent pass rate.

"Last year was my first attempt," Sgt. Joshua Knox said. "I just graduated out of advanced individual training, and I didn't know what it was. It's a very prestigious badge, and for some it takes four or five tries. The lanes were pretty challenging and everyone in the medical field should try at least once."

http://www.army.mil/article/158070/Expert_Field_Medical_Badge_test_challenges_Pacific_Soldiers/

Dad proud of daughter's choice to play softball for Army

Watching his daughter lead the All-Armed Forces squad to an American Softball Association, or ASA, national championship reassured Al Ortenzo that she had made the right choice by attending West Point.

Five years ago, April Ortenzo was named America's Catholic High School Female Athlete of the Year by USA Today. As a senior at Cardinal Gibbons High in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, she had full scholarship offers to play college softball for Furman, Florida, Florida State, Central Florida and Georgetown, among others.

 http://www.army.mil/article/157913/Dad_proud_of_daughter_s_choice_to_play_softball_for_Army/

The Army West Point baseball program

Army baseball alumni ranging from the Class of 1966 through the Class of 2012 were back at West Point to participate in numerous events surrounding the weekend. The former players took batting practice before playing a 3-inning game under the lights at Doubleday Field on Friday night. Among the returning players were Barry De Bolt (USMA, 1966) and Gene Atkinson (USMA, 1966), who served as honorary team captains and threw out ceremonial first pitches.

 http://goarmywestpoint.com/news/2015/10/15/BB_1015153248.aspx