MAY 11, 2026 - Army 1st Lt. Douglas Bernard Fournet was a trooper assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, when he served in South Vietnam in 1968. He was born on May 7, 1943, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His father, former Army Staff Sgt. Henry Bernard Fournet, was a shrimp boat operator, and his mother, Maria Lena Fournet, was a … [Read more...]

MAY 11, 2026 — The spirit of competition is part of U.S. Army culture and the desire to win must be present in every Soldier. From the Army-wide competitions to local unit events, Soldiers and teams go head-to-head to prove they are experts in their fields and masters in the profession of arms. This week, Soldiers from one of the Army’s newest commands gathered to prove their … [Read more...]

MAY 7, 2026 — U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, are redefining how modern warfare is fought during Raider Density, an intensive training event conducted from April–May designed to prepare units for large-scale combat. Across the installation’s training areas, Soldiers are adapting to a battlefield where information, speed and … [Read more...]

MAY 6, 2026 — Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll and leaders from Anduril, Boeing, General Dynamics, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Palantir, Perennial Autonomy, and RTX announced today that they will “sprint” to conduct a series of combined Army and defense industry partnered hackathon events to integrate critical military technology systems. This ‘Right to … [Read more...]

MAY 4, 2026 – U.S. infantry Soldiers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment and paratroopers from the U.K. Parachute Regiment prepare for the force-on-force phase of Project Flytrap at Pabradė Training Area, Lithuania, May 2. Project Flytrap integrates autonomous and unmanned ground vehicles, first-person view drones and counter-unmanned aerial systems on the simulated … [Read more...]