The Army intends to build a 500mw solar plant at Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert.

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At Fort Irwin in California, new, sophisticated courses at the Army's National Training Center reflect everything the U.S. military has learned about counterinsurgency in the past three years.

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At Fort Irwin, an Army base near Barstow, Calif.

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Such a grid is being tested at the army's model forward operating base (FOB) in Fort Irwin, California, along with prototypes of a mobile, hybrid power station that combines solar panels and wind turbines with a conventional generator.

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