Navajo Code Talker Alfred James Peaches Dies at Age 90

Flags will be lowered across the Navajo Nation in honor of another Navajo Code Talker who has died. Tribal officials announced Wednesday that Alfred James Peaches died last Saturday at a Flagstaff hospital at age 90. Tribal President Russell Begaye commended Peaches for defending the United States in World War II, using a code based…

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ARDEC Developing New Method To Give Added Power, Range To Artillery

If, in the words of Napoleon, “God fights on the side with the best artillery,” Picatinny Arsenal engineers are improving artillery to the point that there should be no doubt as to which side should be favored. The research team seeks to extend the range, power and versatility of artillery by using an “electrically-responsive” method…

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