The Army is at a turning point, the head of its professional association says, and it’s time to focus on getting the right funding for current missions, as well as to modernize for the future.
The Army is asking more of soldiers than ever before, according to the sergeant major of the Army, but a recent service-wide survey shows that by most measures, the force is actually improving when it comes to job satisfaction.
Multi-domain battle, unveiled a year ago by Gen. David Perkins, the top officer at TRADOC, forces the Army to look beyond ground warfare as it prepares to fight on an increasingly complex and unpredictable battlefield.
Despite the Army and Marine Corps adoption of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle made by Oshkosh as its new combat vehicle, most soldiers and Marines will be riding in the Humvee for likely the next two decades.
Army researchers are digesting the results of a two-year study that took a comprehensive look at how to build the rifle, ammunition and fire control system together, in order to build the next generation of small arms.
With the Army’s end strength on an upswing and growing concerns about the fitness of newly minted soldiers, the Center for Initial Military Training is launching a study into the Army’s entire program of instruction for making soldiers.
Army fitness is at a turning point: After decades on the push-up, sit-up and run model, the service is piloting a combat fitness test to measure whether soldiers are up to the physical challenge of battlefield tasks.
