Fort Irwin News

The Victor Valley Transit Authority is selling single-ride tickets at an introductory price of $5 each way for buses serving Fort Irwin.

The transit agency recently began operating buses between Barstow and Fort Irwin, providing a key link for employees seeking to reach the base.

U.S. Army Cpl. Edward Caldwell with Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, provides security from the turret of a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle while an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter searches for enemy spotters after an improvised explosive device attack, in the Nawa Valley, ... (more)

The 109th Military Intelligence Battalion and the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, both assigned to 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade at JBLM, are set to deploy to Afghanistan in late spring of 2012.

Army Acquisition Executive Heidi Shyu talks to soldiers participating in a Simulation Training Exercise at Fort Irwin's National Urban Warfare Center.

BARSTOW Vendors, military equipment and over 800 runners will converge on an empty area of desert behind the Veterans Home of California, Barstow on Saturday morning.

"On Military Spouse Appreciation Day, we have an opportunity to not only honor the husbands and wives of our service members, but also thank them by actively expressing our gratitude in both word and deed," said First Lady Michelle Obama, May 5, 2011 from the Presidential Proclamation.

Work crews are installing 32 emergency call boxes along the isolated road that connects Barstow with the Army's desert warfare center at Fort Irwin, according to San Bernardino County government officials.\ "Cell phone coverage is spotty along the route, and there are no services between the base and Barstow," Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt said in a ... (more)

FORT IRWIN The first of 32 call boxes to come was installed last week along Fort Irwin Road - a move county officials say will make the historically dangerous road safer to travel.

U.S. Army Troopers with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment's Horse Detachment lead pack mules loaded with simulated weaponry as training for smuggling operations at Fort Irwin, Calif., April 16, 2012.

How much is Facebook worth? The Financial Times has an excellent rundown of the social networking giant's potential valuation, which could make it the biggest tech offering of all time.

Forty-seven paratroopers from E Battery, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, took part in national training operations at Fort Irwin, Calif., March 1-27. Soldiers from 1st platoon joined nearly 3,500 Soldiers from 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, at the National Training Center, known as NTC, to conduct the first ... (more)

A head-on crash killed a 24-year-old Fort Irwin woman last night along the main road between that desert Army post and Barstow, according to California Highway Patrol officers and San Bernardino County coroner's officials.

Janell Davis, 24, a resident at the base, was riding in a vehicle whose driver was heading north on Fort Irwin Road, just south of Kolath Road at 10:45 p.m. San Bernardino County coroner's officials said the driver lost control of the vehicle, crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a Honda Civic.