Army Planning Big Boost to Pacific Operations Next Year with More Training, Deployments and Equipment The Army is seeking to better prepare itself for a potential conflict in the Pacific, with increased spending on regional...
6 Video Games (Sorry, ‘Simulators’) the US Military Used for Training So much money and development go into video games that the U.S. military sometimes scoops them out of the public sphere to...
Army Set to Launch New Online Training Platform This Week that Aims for Easier Use The Army Learning Management System, or ALMS, was taken offline last week. It's set to be replaced with the Army Training...
At Least 6 Soldiers Attacked by Coyotes, Treated for Injuries While Training at Fort Johnson Fort Johnson wildlife officials shot one of the coyotes and captured another for rabies testing.
Army Special Forces Training Like all soldiers, SF candidates begin their career with nine weeks of boot camp. After basic combat training comes advanced...
The Army Must Reward Smart Leaders, Not Just Strong Ones, if We Want to Win the Next War "The Army must start rewarding academic success as much as high fitness scores."
Commander of Army Pacific Training Brigade Suspended Col. Jonathan Chung was removed this week from his position commanding the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade after...
Have Soldiers Forgotten How to Use a Map and Compass? About seven months after the Army reintroduced land navigation to its Basic Leader Course, half of the soldiers in that pilot...
Army Guard and Reserve Grapple with the Time Suck of Mandatory Online Training The Army requires soldiers to sit through roughly a dozen training courses per year, such as suicide prevention and cyber...
Time in the Field, Longer School. The Army's Basic Leader Course May Get a Big Overhaul. The potential overhaul of the course would be part of the service's effort to get all of its troops more extensive combat...
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...