Todd South
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Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.
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Seeing farther, striking deeper, this brigade is pushing its drones
The 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team is one of the Army's early Transformation in Contact units to be issued new drones.
Psychedelic goggles will help soldiers see invisible battle space
Researchers want to equip soldiers with a whole new type of weapon.
Army ups production requirements for short-term M4 replacement — in 7.62 mm
The request is specifically to meet a “potential gap in the capability of ground forces and infantry to penetrate body armor using existing ammunition.”
The civilian version of the Army’s new handgun is having firing problems
In recent weeks, both the Dallas Police Department and the Stamford Police Department in Connecticut have suspended use of their issued Sig Sauer P320 sidearm, the civilian equivalent of the Army’s recently adopted XM17.
Future infantry might not need humans
Leading thinkers in technology and warfare picture a transformed infantry in future battles where humans are distant, if not entirely removed, from the fighting.
New night vision means soldiers can shoot around corners
A new night vision and weapon camera system allows shooters to fire around corners without exposing themselves and eliminates the dead time between seeing a target and firing when using night vision goggles.
Acting secretary: Army needs to send funding message, fix asset ‘mismatch’
One of the great challenges facing Army leaders is conveying the precarious situation the Army faces after years of budget sequestration, repeated continuing resolutions and 16 years of sustained combat deployments, the service’s acting secretary said this week.
Warfighters will be machines in concept of future battlefield
The future battlefield will likely contain autonomous robots, lasers and countless drones but beyond the equipment that grabs everyone’s attention at least one military leader says a framework for how to fight in that new arena is what’s most important.
Bringing back the draft
Is it time to end the more than four-decade experiment of the all-volunteer armed forces and reinstate conscription?
2017 Marine of the Year Honorable Mention is a White House liaison
Combat engineer Capt. Alexander Moraworks with the secretary of the Navy as a liaison to the White House on Navy and Marine Corps affairs.
