AUGUST 30, 2024 –On Aug. 28, 2024, more than 3000 Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team “STRIKE”, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) finished their second rotation to the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in eight months. However, the beginning of the exercise was transformative and historic. The 2MBCT conducted a “large-scale, long-range” air assault … [Read more...]

AUGUST 30, 2024 — The Army has begun baseline cognitive assessments during Initial Entry Training, and all services will follow in the coming months, officials say. The Army is taking a multipronged approach to reduce brain health risks, including improved awareness through a Force Health Protection Information Campaign; expanded brain health monitoring; identification of … [Read more...]

AUGUST 29, 2024 – Soldiers moving to Camp Kosciuszko in Poznan are now eligible for 24-month accompanied tours with adult dependents age 18 years and older, the Pentagon outlined in a memo Aug. 19. Those assigned to U.S. Army Garrison Poland’s Powidz or Swietoszow Military Communities will continue to be on 12-month unaccompanied tours. This policy will not affect units … [Read more...]

AUGUST 28, 2024 — "Save the life of a fellow American, whether in uniform or not!" This simple yet powerful message was the driving force as more than 4,000 U.S. Army Soldiers volunteered and registered into the Department of Defense's bone marrow donor program Salute to Life during a two-week bone marrow drive held across multiple locations and units located at Fort Bliss, … [Read more...]

AUGUST 28, 2024 - The United States recently began planning to significantly expand its presence at the NATO Joint Support and Enabling Command here, a move intended to improve the alliance’s ability to rapidly deploy forces. Currently a NATO force structure organization, JSEC is set to become a full-fledged NATO command structure organization following the Washington Summit … [Read more...]