MAY 5, 2023 – Army Recruiting Command is taking measures to upgrade quality of life for its recruiters and training for its leaders, as part of the service’s overall efforts to revamp its recruiting practices through a challenging recruiting landscape. In addition to scheduling more sales and negotiation courses, USAREC added two weeks to the Army Recruiting and Retention … [Read more...]
Every Day Is National Space Day for Army FA40s
MAY 4, 2023 – For Army space operations officers, celebrating National Space Day recognizes how they live and work every day. Functional Area 40 space operations officers across the Army celebrate National Astronaut Day and National Space Day, May 5, as their duties and responsibilities influence, shape, research and develop, and acquire space-related capabilities. Space … [Read more...]
Airborne School Helps Service Members Enhance Careers
MAY 4, 2023 — The call goes out, “hook up!” The airborne students all repeat in unison, “hook up!” as they attach the static line to the anchor line cable in the C-130 aircraft. They check the line and then their equipment before shuffling to the door and waiting for the light to turn green. “There is something [scary] about seeing that door open, going about 130 knots, and … [Read more...]
Army PaYS Program Now Available to All Soldiers
MAY 3, 2023 – The U.S. Army Partnership for Your Success Program is now available to all Soldiers. As of April 2023, every recruit is automatically assigned a PaYS code upon enlistment and are encouraged to register prior to their ship date. This process will also be retroactive so that all Soldiers currently serving are eligible for PaYS, regardless of whether they received … [Read more...]
Army Innovators Prototype Deployable Microsensors Concept
MAY 2, 2023 - A team of innovators at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) have been working on an art-of-the-possible concept for a system of deployable chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) microsensors. This effort is part of a Center program called Warfighter Innovation Leveraging Expertise and … [Read more...]