SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 – The U.S. Army, in collaboration with Sev1Tech, a leading provider of IT modernization, engineering, fielding, training, and program support services for U.S. government agencies, hosted a two-day event to train U.S. Soldiers on new radio equipment at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, Aug. 28-29, 2024. The ability to communicate effectively in combat … [Read more...]
Trailer Hypes Army-Navy Game as College Football Begins
AUGUST 30, 2024 – Drivers on the road this fall may see the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s newest tractor-trailer design shouting out this year’s Army-Navy Football Game taking place Dec. 14 in Washington D.C. The trailer will be on display at the 125th playing of the legendary college football rivalry game at Commanders Field, but until then, it will be a working … [Read more...]
Airborne Conducts Historic Air Assault Mission
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...]
Army Begins Cognitive Testing of New Recruits
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...]
Army Offering 24-Month Dependent Eligible Tours in Poland
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...]