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Soldiers with the 2nd Engineer Battalion's Forward Dupport Company are conducting their mission as if they were already deployed while training at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.

Charles Melton Photo credit Staff Sgt. Matthew Clifton Secretary of the Army John McHugh tours Medina Wasl, one of several villages built at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., to approximate an Iraqi town complete with a marketplace, hotel, mosque, restaurants, and a police department.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Roy Sides, a platoon leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, gives orders after role players apprehended a suspect in a mock Iraqi village at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., March 18, 2009.

Troops at CFB Petawawa are doing a little California dreamin' these days as they prepare for Exercise Maple Guardian.

BARSTOW More than 150 veterans, military leaders and local officials gathered to pay tribute to current and former service members at the Veterans Home of California Barstow Wednesday.

FORT IRWIN Every day Spc. Chris Koning thinks about the one day in Iraq that changed his life forever.

Let's leave aside for the moment the fact that military vehicles are some of the most fuel-inefficient out there, and issues with wars and environmental degradation .

A group of wounded military personnel from Fort Irwin, Calif., will serve as honorary grand marshals for the annual Veterans Day parade on Wednesday.

You are here >> Home >> Defense & Security News >> Defense & Security News - By US Department of Defense on November 9, 2009 at 1:12 am Loading ... FORT IRWIN, Ca: When the National Training Center opened here in 1981, it presented the most realistic training environment imaginable to prepare troops for a potential large-scale, tank-on-tank ...

The Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and injured over 30 more after opening fire at Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday studied in the past at Barstow Community College and was living at Fort Irwin.

More than a dozen wild mustangs and burros rounded up on public lands in the deserts of California and Nevada will be up for adoption this weekend in Redlands.

By David Danelski The Press-Enterprise The U.S. Army, joining the push to turn Mojave Desert sunshine into electricity, plans to blanket as much as 21 square miles at Fort Irwin with solar mirrors and panels.

FORT IRWIN Most soldiers at Fort Irwin have tried or at least heard of regional barbecue styles like Texas or Memphis barbecue - but California barbecue? On Tuesday, hundreds of fort soldiers got their first taste of what David Biber, owner of Two Guys Grilling, has officially dubbed "California Q." Biber's team and volunteer soldier cooks fired up ...

Lt. Col. John "Red" Walker, the 549th Combat Training Squadron's commander, poses in an F-16 fighter jet at Nellis Air Force Base.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Cpt. Karl Gregory was among four soldiers from Fort Irwin who flew to the nation's capitol to honor a group of veterans who fought valiantly during the Vietnam War.

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The Army signed a memorandum of agreement Oct. 15, for an enhanced-use lease to begin development of a 500-megawatt solar power plant at Fort Irwin, Calif.

At a White House ceremony on Tuesday morning, President Obama will present the nation's highest award for a military unit, the Presidential Unit Citation , to members of Alpha Troop, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, for heroism in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago.

LOS ANGELES, USA: The U.S. military is tackling a new mission in the field of alternative energy, moving to power up a 500-megawatt solar facility at Fort Irwin's sprawling desert complex in California.

The Tidal Sun pilot program trained servicemembers to work as part of counter-IED teams to gather information and evidence from improvised explosive device event sites -- locations where IEDs have exploded or were discovered -- and then send that information to higher headquarters for further analysis.