Rick Jackson, Program Management Director (PMD) for the Office of the Program Manager, Saudi Arabian National Guard (OPM-SANG), has spent much of his military and civilian career supporting international programs, and admits each country he has worked with or lived in is different. "But there is something special about KSA (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)." That something is what drew Jackson, an Air Force veteran who once served as the Air Force's Chief of Saudi AWACs program, and later as OPM-SANG's G8, back to the country again.

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Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan- Inside the National Security Justice Center there are three empty cells with a mattress, blanket, pillow, some books, a hard cold steel toilet, and sink with no dividers.

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Soldiers on the battlefield cannot always rely on their weapons to save their lives; weapons malfunction, ammunition runs out, and there may be times when the mission parameters prohibit their use. The U.S. Army Combatives program is intended to give Soldiers the tools they need to survive in these scenarios.

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OPM-SANG's deputy program manager Col. Jim Jensen praises Saudi Arabia program.

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Soldiers in new cyber teams are now bringing offensive and defensive virtual effects against Islamic militants in northern Iraq and Syria, according to senior leaders. UA-84299839-1

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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait -- The 401st Army Field Support Brigade issued rolling stock from Army Prepositioned Stocks-5 to 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers here, Feb. 6.

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan- At a time of transition for many, including the new Commander in Chief, U.S. Army service members remain focused on their work. For Soldiers deployed in southern Afghanistan, the train, advise and assist mission with coalition and Afghan partners continues as units rotate out.

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WASHINGTON -- A few thousand more troops for the train, advise and assist mission in Afghanistan would help to break what is now a stalemate with the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other adversaries there, the commander of NATO's Resolute Support mission and of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Thursday. Army Gen. John W. Nicholson Jr. testified Thursday morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the situation in Afghanistan.

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The opportunity to advise and assist our Saudi Arabian Ministry of the National Guard counterparts, help expand its capabilities and take care of U.S. Soldiers was an assignment Sgt. Maj. Marc Stevenson, Office of the Program Manager for the Saudi Arabian National Guard's sergeant major, could not pass up.

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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait -- While it may resemble a giant beach ball, the inflatable ground antenna transmit receive ball (GATR) is actually the Army's latest piece of satellite communications equipment. The technology is so new that the 369th Sustainment Brigade's GATR ball has a serial number in the single digits. Designed to be lighter and more compact than traditional, rigid satellite dishes, the GATR ball can be broken down into just a few cases and hand carried anywhere in the world. The self-contained system can then be inflated and set up in less than two hours, ready to provide a variety of communication services.

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