Leader perspective: NCOER to define tomorrow's leaders
Since the start of this calendar year, noncommissioned officers across the Army have fallen under a new rating system that's unlike anything they've seen for a generation but will help ensure NCOs...
View ArticleCommission voices concern over budget cuts
The decision to draw down the Army budget and end strength was based on a set of assumptions that has proven to no longer be true, said now-retired Gen. James D. Thurman.
View ArticleExpeditionary networked force becoming reality, say generals
The goal of achieving an expeditionary, uninterrupted mission command network is taking shape but is still "a work in progress," said Brig. Gen. Willard M. Burleson III.
View ArticleLieutenants lead the way in pre-Ranger training
After a week of voluntary sleep deprivation and complete physical exhaustion, 11 Soldiers completed pre-Ranger training here, Feb. 5.
View ArticleSoldiers of 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment 'Polar Bears' return home...
FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Approximately 350 Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team "Commandos" received a warm welcome home during ceremonies held, Feb. 4 and 8 at Magrath Sports Complex after...
View ArticleShort-range air defense back in demand
The Army is looking at placing more short-range air-defense capabilities in brigade combat teams.
View ArticleArmy Hosts Industry Day for Improved Medium Tactical Vehicles
This week Army leaders took an important step toward a new competition for improved Medium Tactical Vehicles by sharing lessons learned and planned improvements with interested industry partners.
View ArticleResearchers mitigate Soldier stressors with science
Army researchers are trying to better understand the types of stress Soldiers could encounter in combat that might cause degraded performance. They are also looking into ways to mitigate those stress...
View ArticleArmy selects 3-D printed unmanned aircraft systems concept for future experiment
Each year, the U.S. Army conducts a series of technology demonstrations known as the Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiments, or AEWE. The event is the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's live,...
View ArticleLeaders transforming Army business operations
The scope of the Army's business operations is comparable to a Fortune Top 20 company, Lt. Gen. Tom Spoehr told senior Army leaders.
View ArticleCavalry Brigade Combat Team assumes new design, transition nearly complete
Armies have to be adaptable. They have to be capable of changing themselves in response to the evolution of warfare, and the U.S. Army has been in a state of change since 2003 when it began to move...
View ArticleHodges represents US at OSCE military doctrine seminar in Vienna
VIENNA, Austria -- Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, attended the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar, here, Feb. 16.
View ArticleSTEP provides noncommissioned officers roadmap to promotion
"The message is that STEP is important, and if you want to get promoted, you've got to get to school," said Command Sgt. Maj. David S. Davenport Sr.
View ArticleDeadlines approaching for officers, warrants, to apply for transfer to cyber...
Deadlines are approaching for active Army commissioned and warrant officers interested in joining the Army Cyber Branch under two Voluntary Transfer Incentive Program efforts.
View ArticleScience is brewing at Natick - Early research sets foundation for advances
A chemical engineer is at the heart of NSRDEC's early research to improve Soldier health and performance.
View ArticleVia: Youth must be mentored toward STEM careers now
When's a good time to start mentoring youth for their futures and to get them interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM? Right now, said Gen. Dennis L. Via, commander of...
View ArticleHow NCOs can change a climate and strengthen a squad
Noncommissioned officers have always led from the front, but a new grass-roots initiative empowers them to effect change across the spectrum. Not in My Squad, or NIMS, is an assessment begun in...
View ArticleCockroach-inspired robotics research opens new doors for missions
Supported by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, researchers from the University of California-Berkeley have developed a small, crawling robot that mimics a cockroach's ability to squeeze through...
View ArticleSoldiers dominate Armed Forces Cross Country
Three Soldiers finished among the top 10 runners in America while leading All-Army to the men's and women's team titles in the 2016 Armed Forces Cross Country Championships on Feb. 6 at Rivers Edge...
View ArticleCorps keeps public water clean naturally
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has an inter-agency program in place that helps keep New York City's drinking water clean and safe. Recently one of the program's projects was...
View ArticleArmy seeking '3rd offset strategy' to dominate enemy
"Our adversaries have begun to catch us in technology and in some cases, we believe, may overmatch some of our systems," said a senior intelligence adviser.
View ArticleWinning in a complex world, Foundry Program promotes intelligence readiness
To win in a complex world, Military Intelligence Soldiers must be technically skilled and alert, and thrive in difficult locations with coalition partners and other branches of the U.S. military....
View ArticleCorps of Engineers launches safety campaign, 'Life Jackets Worn...Nobody Mourn'
To heighten awareness for the use of life jackets, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently launched a new water safety campaign titled "Life Jackets Worn ... Nobody Mourns."
View ArticleDyson outlines Army 2017 budget request, chief focus on readiness
The Army budget request for fiscal year 2017 totals a little more than $148 billion and includes a 1.6 percent raise for Soldiers. But this year's budget request, said Lt. Gen. Karen Dyson, the...
View ArticleNew mortar system lighten the load for Soldiers
The Watervliet Arsenal announced this week that it has received a $4.6 million contract to start a new product line for the 81mm mortar system that will help reduce an infantryman's fatigue and...
View ArticleIncreased manpower must come with funding
The Army would like to see a few more Soldiers in the ranks, if it were authorized by Congress -- but only if those additional Soldiers are funded to keep them war-ready, said Chief of Staff of the...
View Article'Soldier for Life' continues to serve as 32nd Army under secretary
Patrick J. Murphy, a third-generation veteran and the first Soldier from the Iraq War elected to Congress, was officially sworn in as the 32nd under secretary of the Army in a Pentagon ceremony, Feb....
View ArticleLaser weapons development by 2023
Responding to lawmakers' questions about how close the Army is to developing offensive and defensive directed-energy weapons, Mary J. Miller responded: "I believe we're very close."
View ArticleTask Force Jesup search for lost equipment in Afghanistan
A joint venture between 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Army Sustainment Command and 401st Army Field Support Brigade that began in March 2014 continues today. The mission, known as Task Force...
View ArticleJoint Multinational Training Command support Ukraine mission until 2020
Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine, also known as JMTG-U, is in its second rotation training Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (MOD) forces at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center...
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