FEBRUARY 7, 2024 - A cacophony of camouflage uniforms and civilian clothing framed by flashy pop culture placards greeted competitors to the 2024 Polyglot Games. Proclaiming “Enemies Strongly Cautioned,” and “Some material may be inappropriate for linguists under 2/2,” the tall movie-style banners set a very specific tone. This was an event by, and for, the best linguists … [Read more...]
Army Supports Development of Blast Injury Prevention Standard
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 - Development Command’s DOD Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office will help Service Members protect themselves from the effects of high-pressure shock waves created by heavy weapons when they are fired during training. The Blast Overpressure Tool is an application that provides training range managers, range safety officers, instructors and others with … [Read more...]
Army Provides Financial Resources to Soldiers
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 — Training and guidance on financial concerns is delivered worldwide in the Army through the Financial Readiness Program, which is designed to educate Soldiers and their families in support of mission readiness. "Financial stress is a highly-individualized experience and can affect every area of your life. Even the best laid financial plans can go astray," … [Read more...]
Army’s Extreme Truck Rolls for Mardi Gras with Special Throws
FEBRUARY 5, 2024 — The U.S. Army’s Extreme Truck, the ET1, will appear this 2024 Mardi Gras season in parades throughout South Louisiana, equipped with special Army-throws for the greater Baton Rouge and New Orleans local communities. “Our Recruiters have been excited gearing up to this Mardi Gras season, most of us are not from the state so it’s a fun and interesting … [Read more...]
NETCOM Continues Modernizing Data Migration Efforts
JANUARY 30, 2024 — Major commands Army-wide have begun migrating their organizational file shares from on-prem to SharePoint Online. To date, the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) has received 32 file server migration registrations and 52 file share migration registrations, which include 384,544 GB of data scheduled to migrate. The team has begun reaching … [Read more...]