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SS Warfighters Engage in TS-Supported Live-Fire Training at Fort Hood bilities at Fort Hood, Texas. Supporting them were Technical Services personnel who performed a variety of assignments, including range maintenance, testing, ammunition handling, safety instruction, and training exercise management. TS annually supports more than 50,000 active duty and reserve component soldiers on 57 various ranges at Fort Hood. 1 T S T his past June, several U.S. Army contingents maximized the considerable training capa- 1 2 Tom Burger, TS range maintenance specialist, performs tests and adjustments on a Moving Armored Target (MAT) vehicle at Crittenberger Multipurpose Range Complex at Fort Hood, Texas, in support of an Aviation Door Gunnery exercise. MATs are either radio-controlled or controlled through hardwired data lines from the control tower to the target. This range has a combination of MATs. TS team member James Barcroft hooks up batteries to a charging cart at Fort Hood’s Range Operations Battery Maintenance Facility. Barcroft issues and maintains approximately 500 lead acid batteries. As many as 110 batteries enter and exit the facility each day. TS team member Jerry Bolton, a small engine mechanic, conducts a 500-hour service on a Honda 3000 model generator. Bolton has serviced and repaired hundreds of generators, pumps and other pieces of equipment used to target operations. U.S. Army M1A2 tanks and their crews from the 1st Cavalry Division move out at the Boresight Line at Northrop Grumman Technical Services Blackwell Multi-Use Range at Fort Hood. The range hosted the unit for their Tank Crew Qualification Tables upon the unit’s return from Iraq. Soldiers board a Blackhawk Helicopter from the 3rd Battalion 227 Aviation Regiment, Air Cavalry Brigade, in preparation for a Door Gunnery Exercise at Crittenberger Multipurpose Range Complex. 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 17 Northrop Grumman Technical Services

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Technical Services - Summer 2008 Contents President’s Column Second Quarter Results TS Wins Key ID/IQ Contracts Seamless Partnering and Exceptional Performance: Two Defining Traits of the U.K. AWACS Program TS Engineers Investigate B-2 Crash Missile Logistics Support Operation Up and Running Lake Charles Expands Product Support Global Hawk Assists Firefighting Efforts TS Delivers Technology for Moon Mission Joint Venture Teammates Recognized for Service Milestones TS Trains Peacekeepers in Seven African Nations TS Trainers Provide Mission Support; TS Awarded Digital Leader Contract TS Offers Valuable Training Services to Soldiers Live-Fire Training at Fort Hood Naval and Marine Aviators Hone Their Skills GEODSS Celebrates 30 Years; Wallops Island Shoulder to Shoulder – Wounded Warriors I’m In! TS Transitions to One Source; Scholarship Winners Announced TS in Colorado Springs; Ethics Awareness Week

Technical Services - Summer 2008

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