AUGUST 15, 2018 - A new Army Credentialing Assistance Program is set to begin a one-year limited user test in Texas this fall before a projected rollout to the entire service in fiscal year 2020. The program, which has similar rates and eligibility as tuition assistance, will provide Soldiers up to $4,000 each year to pay for credentials that will prepare them for life … [Read more...]
Automated Meal Entitlement System To Improve Soldier Dining Experience
AUGUST 15, 2018 - The Army is phasing out its manual meal card system after decades of use, as the service fully transitions to its new automated meal entitlement code system next month. Now, instead of presenting a meal card, Soldiers will simply swipe their common access card containing an authorization code for the dining facility. The new system, developed by the Army's … [Read more...]
10 Answers Soldiers Want To Know About The New ACFT
AUGUST 3, 2018, Fort Eustis, VA - On July 9, the U.S. Army announced a new physical fitness test -- the Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT. The test is designed to replace the APFT with a gender- and age-neutral assessment that will more closely align with the physical demands Soldiers will face in combat. Field tests for the ACFT will begin in October 2018, and by October 2020, … [Read more...]
Army Reserve Presents New Job Opportunities for Former Soldiers
AUGUST 3, 2018, Fort Jackson, SC - “There are winners all the way around here. Vacant Military Technician (MILTECH) positions are filled, reservist Soldiers are given the chance to get government jobs on the civilian side, and money is brought into local communities by wage earners,” said Maj. Nicholas Dolezal, Commander of the 81st Readiness Division Headquarters and Hea … [Read more...]
Army Futures Command to Build on 3 Pillars ‘To Ensure We Can Fight And Win’
JULY 19, 2018, Washington D.C. - "We'll potentially be in a near-peer fight in the near future ... and it will be a difficult fight," said Lt. Gen. Paul A. Ostrowski, principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology and director of the Army Acquisition Corps, during an Association of the U.S. Army breakfast in Arlington, … [Read more...]