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Army special forces join search for missing Navy pilots after crash
Army special forces soldiers have joined the mission to locate and find two Navy aviators whose EA-18G Growler jet crashed Tuesday in a remote area east of Mount Rainier in Washington state. The two-person fighter jet, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 130 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, crashed east of Mount Rainier at approximately 3:20 p.m. local time Tuesday while conducting training...[Read More]
Army taps ‘Ghost Fleet’ authors to write novel on multi-domain warfare
The Army’s concept of future warfare is getting the Tom Clancy treatment. At the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference held in Washington in October, a session on the service’s plans to improve professional writing contained a teaser for a first-of-its-kind project: a novel envisioning a future conflict in a technology-infused battlefield. “Task Force Talon: A Novel of the Army...[Read More]
Army task forces ‘centerpiece’ for deterring China: INDOPACOM boss
The head of the largest U.S. combatant command praised the fires capabilities that the Army’s multidomain task forces bring to a potential conflict in the Indo-Pacific region. The service’s task forces are the “centerpiece” of how the joint force denies Chinese military access to key areas, said Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Tuesday at the Association of the U.S. Army...[Read More]
Army tests robotic coyotes to defend fighter jets
Sure, “robots versus birds” may sound like a low-budget sci-fi movie franchise. But for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center, it’s actually a savvy solution to a problem that has long threatened the military’s most sophisticated and powerful aviation platforms at their home stations. ERDC is working on prototypes of unmanned ground vehicles, or UGVs, that can be de...[Read More]
Army to cut credentialing benefit, drop officers from program
Concerned with the climbing costs of the service’s Credentialing Assistance program, Army officials plan to cut stipends for the benefit from $4,000 to $2,000 and block commissioned officers from participating in the education initiative. At the same time, the service will boost its tuition assistance program from $4,000 annually to $4,500 a year, acknowledging the ever-rising cost of higher educa...[Read More]
Army to cut credentialing benefit, drop officers from program
Concerned with the climbing costs of the service’s Credentialing Assistance program, Army officials plan to cut stipends for the benefit from $4,000 to $2,000 and block commissioned officers from participating in the education initiative. At the same time, the service will boost its tuition assistance program from $4,000 annually to $4,500 a year, acknowledging the ever-rising cost of higher educa...[Read More]
Army to put one-star recruiting hubs in Los Angeles, Atlanta
As the Army overhauls its recruiting structure, jobs and approaches to bringing in new talent, the service is injecting resources into areas that have previously been underserved — cities. That’s one of a host of reasons that the Army Recruiting Command will soon post a one-star general in both Los Angeles, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, in the coming months. Brig. Gen. Sara Dudley and Brig. Ge...[Read More]
Army two-star received verbal counseling for suspension incident
A two-star Army general removed from his position as U.S. Northern Command director of operations in 2023 received a verbal counseling for the incident and now works as a special assistant to the director of the Army Staff. Army Times reported in July 2023 that Maj. Gen. Joseph Lestorti was suspended permanently from his NORTHCOM position due to a “loss of trust and confidence,” as officials said ...[Read More]
Army two-star received verbal counseling for suspension incident
A two-star Army general removed from his position as U.S. Northern Command director of operations in 2023 received a verbal counseling for the incident and now works as a special assistant to the director of the Army Staff. Army Times reported in July 2023 that Maj. Gen. Joseph Lestorti was suspended permanently from his NORTHCOM position due to a “loss of trust and confidence,” as officials said ...[Read More]
Army, Navy conduct key hypersonic missile test
The Army and Navy on Thursday completed a successful all-up round test of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, potentially paving the way for the services to begin fielding the long-awaited system. The glide body was developed jointly between the two services. The Army plans to integrate its version of the system, the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, into a mobile ground platform. The Navy will integrat...[Read More]
Army, Navy Pull Down Web Pages Devoted to Women in Military Service
Pages that highlight the accomplishments of women in the Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard remain online.
Army, Navy remove web pages highlighting women’s military service
In an effort to align with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order that terminated diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives across the federal government, the Army and Navy have taken down web pages that highlight the history and myriad contributions of female soldiers and sailors. While webpages on the history of female service remains intact on the U.S. Army Reserve website, ...[Read More]