“The structures were used for billeting as well as a base of operations for the four dive teams that were on site,” said Viggato. “The airbeam tents and forced air heaters performed well in conditions exceeding minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit wind chill, and 25 knots wind gusts.” Army’s Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center on shelter and heating capabilities for the austere arctic environment of Ice Exercise 2016,” Goda said. Navy’s Arctic Submarine Laboratory is grateful for the collaboration with the U.S. Ready to Join the Army? Contact a Recruiter Now! The Navy was pleased with the ease of setting up and using the shelters as well as their performance, particularly given the extreme cold and wind. John Viggato, Assistant Product Manager for Shelter Systems, Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems, or PM FSS Ariana Costa, Program Integrator, NSRDEC’s Expeditionary Basing & Collective Protection Directorate, or EB&CPD and NSRDEC’s Primo Borelli traveled to the Arctic to help with the setup of the shelters. Of particular interest to ASL was the capability to deploy the airbeam shelter rapidly with minimum manpower and equipment requirements.” The shelters were used for berthing, watch standing, and to support training and RDT&E projects on a shifting ice floe approximately 200 (nautical miles) north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. “At ICEX 2016, the Arctic Submarine Laboratory was able to conduct an operational assessment of the form, fit and function of the shelters and heaters. “NSRDEC provided multiple airbeam shelters and forced air heaters that were tested to operate in Arctic conditions,” Goda said. “This opportunity also allowed us to showcase some of our products to a whole new audience while we gained valuable information on new ways our shelters can and will be utilized in the Arctic.” “I saw this as a great opportunity for our shelters to be utilized and evaluated in an extreme environment by the Navy,” McAdams said. Large shelters and shelter complexes can be set up quickly and with fewer personnel than metal frames.Īlso, in the case of a storm, airbeam shelters may be safer than metal or wooden frame shelters, because the airbeams tend to bend and pop back up rather than break apart or collapse. The airbeams come in small, lightweight packages. The arches replace metal frames in tents and can be deployed rapidly. Natick was one of the pioneers of airbeam technology, which consists of inflatable, high-pressure arches.
NSRDEC provided the Navy with shelters featuring airbeam technology. We were able to get them our TEMPER air-supported shelters.” “The shelters they’ve used in the past typically took a week or two to set up, so the Navy reached out to us and asked if we had something they could set up more quickly. “Every two years the Navy holds an event to basically look at their Arctic readiness and to do some evaluations of the projects and equipment,” said Clinton McAdams, Science and Technology Strategic Integration lead at NSRDEC.
Navy’s RDT&E exercise used to validate and assess operational readiness of the submarine force in the Arctic, while continuing academic research and military training in extreme cold conditions and the undersea environment of the region,” said Theodore Goda, the Navy’s ICEX Program Manager, at the Undersea Warfare Development Center detachment Arctic Submarine Lab. Other soldiers were able to quickly respond and provided medical care to the injured until emergency responders arrived.“ICEX is the U.S.
The soldiers are members of the 228th Combat Support Hospital out of San Antonio, Texas, and were participating in a medical evacuation training exercise, she said. The rest will return to the training later in the day, said Master Sgt. All have been released from the hospital and 10 had already returned to the base on Thursday.
Heflin said 20 soldiers were evacuated to the Fort Hunter Liggett Troop Medical Center and neighboring hospitals, and two soldiers were air lifted to neighboring hospitals. David Heflin told reporters the injuries included cuts and bruises, sore shoulders, injured limbs and non-serious head trauma. The injuries from the accident on Wednesday night were not considered serious. Army Blackhawk helicopters were flying so close to two large nylon tents that blew down during a training exercise at a California military base, injuring 22 Army Reserve soldiers. SAN FRANCISCO - Investigators were trying to determine Thursday why two U.S.