The Army issued new uniform wear instructions on allowing some soldiers to carry their phones while wearing PT gear and new rules covering the Army Green Service Uniform’s regular and tropical versions.
“Adhering to policies and regulations regarding appearance, including uniform wear and grooming standards, demonstrates a shared commitment to maintaining a professional military appearance,” according to the directive issued Monday.
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In just over a month, Air Force Maj. Ross Elder will take part in a special NASA mission, during which he and three other crew members will spend more than a year living and working in an environment meant to simulate a future habitat on the surface of Mars.
Currently an Air Force test pilot, Elder will lead the mission, which will be held in a 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed structure at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The mission will run from Oct. 19, 2025 to Oct. 31, 2026. Crew members will conduct simulated space walks and other tasks.
In January 2017, the CIA released a large number of newly-declassified documents about information collected on the Soviet Union. One of those documents included two pages of Russian jokes about the Soviet Union.
Headed “Soviet Jokes for the DDCI” (Deputy Director of Central Intelligence), the jokes make reference to Mikhail Gorbachev, so they date from at least as late as the 1980s. The jokes are surprisingly directed at all Soviet leaders, from founding Soviet Bolshevik Vladimir Lenin to the long-serving Leonid Brezhnev.
The multi-million-pound L111A1 support contract is intended to address obsolescence issues and reduce in-service maintenance costs.
The Army is tightening its standards for soldiers’ hairstyles.
The service issued a directive Monday to “remove ambiguity” in previous and expired notices that cover appearance and grooming standards, officials said in a statement. Soldiers will have 30 days to comply with the new policies and “make an appointment and see a professional to make changes,” they added.
The rules will be enforced by commanders and noncommissioned officers via “on-the-spot” corrections, according to the directive.
“This definitive guidance gives leaders the tools they need to do just that.
At the height of the Civil War, a smuggler-turned-Union spy came up with a daring plan. Leading a team of two dozen Union soldiers from Ohio, James Andrews would sneak behind enemy lines, steal a Confederate train, and use it to destroy some of the South’s limited railroads, hurting the ability to resupply Chattanooga as the Union army prepared to advance on the city.
It partially worked. Andrews’ raiders stole a train known as “the General” and used it to tear up tracks and damage telegraph wires inside through Georgia and Tennessee as they rode toward Chattanooga.
The UK Ministry of Defence announced a new partnership with Google Cloud to secure communications with the United States at a cost of £400m.
US defence contractor AeroVironment (AV) has expanded its Tomahawk line with the launch of the Tomahawk Grip TA5.
The Australian Army has received all deployable versions of the M1A2 Abrams Systems Enhancement Package version 3 (SEPv3) Immersive Tactical Trainer (M1A2 ITT) from Thomas Global Systems.
Week 3 proved eventful for the Division I FBS service academies. Navy overcame early turnovers to rally past Tulsa with a dominant second half, improving to 3-0 and strengthening its position in the AAC. Air Force, meanwhile, stumbled against Utah State, undone by turnovers and an explosive performance from Aggies quarterback Bryson Barnes, falling to 1-1 on the year. Army did not play, using its bye week to prepare for its upcoming matchup against North Texas.
Army Bye Week
A Week 3 bye was just what the doctor ordered for Army quarterback Dewayne Coleman.