JULY 16, 2021 – Candidates of Crewman Qualification Training (CQT) Class 115 completed Naval Special Warfare’s (NSW) assessment and selection pipeline to become Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC), earning their pins and graduating, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Graduates of any NSW assessment and selection pipeline have met the rigorous standards to enter their chosen … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2021
Army Reserve Soldiers Conduct Diagnostic ACFT
JULY 16, 2021 – Soldiers assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command and 84th Training Division conducted a diagnostic Army Combat Fitness Test during their battle assembly weekend training, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, July 10-11, 2021. The ACFT, initially transitioned from the Army Physical Fitness Test in 2019, consists of six events: the three-repetition … [Read more...]
Officials Testify on Fixed-Wing Tactical, Training Aircraft Programs
JULY 16, 2021 - For the Defense Department to properly test the systems it intends to buy against expected threats, the DOD must invest now to create a robust test and evaluation infrastructure with live and synthetic environments that is equipped with cutting-edge tools and staffed by people with deep expertise, a DOD official said. Raymond O'Toole Jr., acting director of … [Read more...]
Veterans Can Now Use American Forces Travel Website
JULY 16, 2021 - The Department of Defense announced today a policy change to the current shopping privileges on the American Forces Travel website. As directed by acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Virginia S. Penrod in a memo signed April 12, 2021, the department will extend online access to the website to honorably discharged veterans of the … [Read more...]
G/ATOR Modernizes The Corps For The Future Fight
JULY 15, 2021 - Force Design 2030 details Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger’s vision for maintaining the relevance of the Corps in the new age of great power competition. Developed to enable the Marine Corps to adapt and outmaneuver its adversaries, Force Design 2030 outlines the commandant’s goals and blueprint for ensuring America maintains its competitive … [Read more...]