Browsing: All news

The Army is planning to begin outfitting divisions and more brigades with new equipment, a move that would significantly expand its so-called transforming-in-contact concept.
Transforming-in-contact, a key initiative championed by Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, envisions using deployments and troop rotations to test new equipment — mainly commercial off-the-shelf gear — that could allow units to be more responsive on a dynamic battlefield.

Them: “Oh you are a military spouse? You must volunteer a lot.”
Me: “Yes, yes I do.”
Military spouse life means that there is this made-up rule that states that we should all volunteer in our community to make it great. The expectation that military spouses spend their time volunteering in some way is 100% true. As a new military spouse the advice received from seasoned spouses was to use my time to volunteer to widen my circles to connection and networking.

Army Cyber Command’s newly established Theater Information Advantage Detachment will be primarily focused on global threats that U.S. forces are facing in the information space.
The unit is one of three such organizations in the service. Officials recently approved growth for the TIADs, which are 65-person teams focused on synchronizing information capabilities at the theater level. While the U.S. Army Pacific and the U.S. Army Europe and Africa TIADs will be focused on their respective regions, Army Cyber’s will be trans-regional.

The top enlisted leader for the Army announced that the service is coming out with a new PT uniform.
“We’re redesigning the Army PTs,” Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer said during the Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, adding that the new design will look different from what soldiers have worn in the past.
No information was immediately available about what the new PT gear design will look like.

Subscribe to Task & Purpose today. Get the latest military news and culture in your inbox daily.

All graduating Marines from Marines Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and San Diego can take 10 days of leave before checking into their next school. After their 10 days of leave, newly graduated Marines will attend the School of Infantry (SOI) where they will continue their military training. Below you will find an overview of what to expect after Marine boot camp at the School of Infantry (SOI).
What is the School of Infantry (SOI)?
This is the training that marks the transition from entry-level Marine to combat-ready Marine.

OOHRAH! Your Marine has completed graduation and is off to their next training location. Although they have successfully made it through boot camp, their journey as a Marine has just begun. The road that lies ahead is not an easy one, and your Marine will continue to need your support as they begin to focus and train for their career as a United States Marine. Below you will find the mailing address for the School of Infantry so that you can continue to support your Marine.

The gaming industry has grown steadily over the past decade, reaching an audience of approximately three billion users.

Leonardo DRS and BlueHalo have demonstrated a new Stryker-based C-UAS Directed Energy (DE) prototype during a live-fire engagement.

The Army has learned critical lessons from pre-prototype platforms that deployed to theater to inform a program for new intelligence-gathering aircraft, according to a senior official leading the modernization effort.
The service has been on a multi-year journey to develop its own high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform based on a business jet, somewhat unfamiliar territory for an organization that’s better known for employing ground systems, helicopters and small drones.

Sikorsky has a contract to equip the US Army’s experimental fly-by-wire UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with its Matrix flight autonomy system.