WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (July 31, 2014) - The U.S. Army's Rapid Equipping Force, in partnership with PEO Soldier, along with PEO Soldier's Project Management Office PM Soldier Sensors and Lasers, conducted a test in the mountains overlooking White Sands Missile Range, in mid-July. This test was to evaluate the capabilities of a developmental Hand Held Precision … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2014
Air Force to Change Enlisted Evaluations and Promotions
July 31, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31. The changes are intended to ensure the Air Force truly makes job performance the driving factor and will be implemented incrementally beginning in August 2014 and continuing through early 2016. … [Read more...]
Investment in Education Needed, Says Vice Chief of Staff
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 31, 2014) - America ranking 19th worldwide in math, reading and science is a national security issue, said the Army's vice chief of staff. Gen. John F. Campbell spoke Tuesday afternoon at the National Training Seminar of the Military Child Education Coalition. He was referring to an international assessment that measures the performance of … [Read more...]
Air Force Grapples With Congress to Fund Readiness
July 31, 2014, WASHINGTON (AFNS) - To balance readiness today and modernization tomorrow, the Air Force’s fiscal year 2015 budget request is shrinking like today’s defense budget thanks to Congress’s own priorities and the approaching threat of sequestration in 2016, Air Force leaders said July 30. Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force … [Read more...]
Army Tests Officer Scientist and Engineer Program
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (July 31, 2014) - A partnership between the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command has led to the establishment of the Officer Scientist and Engineer Program pilot. The OSEP pilot places qualified and willing Army officers with a science, technology, engineering or mathematics doctorate … [Read more...]