JULY 28, 2022 - Dover Air Force Base participated in Operation Viking, the largest Army Reserve brigade deployment exercise to date, at Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts, July 18-20. Operation Viking was a high-intensity joint service exercise that consisted of range training, mission-essential civil affairs training and ambitious airborne operations. The exercise relied on … [Read more...]
Army to Switch All Soldiers to Semimonthly Pay
JULY 27, 2022 - In an effort to prepare Soldiers to move to its new Integrated Pay and Personnel System – Army, the U.S. Army is mandating all Soldiers on long-term active duty orders be paid on a semimonthly schedule, starting Oct 1. The vast majority of the Army’s Soldiers on active duty orders of more than 30 days, either in the active or reserve components, get paid … [Read more...]
Army Develops Future Soldier Preparatory Course
JULY 27, 2022 - In response to the most challenging recruiting environment since the start of the all-volunteer force in 1973, the Army is implementing an innovative new program to prepare recruits who are en-route to initial military training to meet or exceed our rigorous standards. The Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program, which is set to start in early August … [Read more...]
Army Secretary Visits Cadet Summer Training
JULY 26, 2022 — “I’m really impressed by the quality of the Cadets, they are incredibly committed, focused, really, really smart and really, really motivated,” Secretary of the Army, Honorable Christine Wormuth said. “Mostly what I’m seeing is just the very high quality of people who are coming into our ROTC programs.” Wormuth visited Cadets of 9th Regiment, Advanced Camp, … [Read more...]
West Point Cadet Interns at Aviation, Missile Center
JULY 25, 2022 – “We’re trying to convince him to be a rocket scientist instead of a pilot.” West Point Cadet Ethan Bremner is a high-flyer. As a high school student in a small town in Minnesota just south of the U.S. – Canada border, with the world at his feet, Bremner was considering his options when his grandfather recommended the U.S. Military Academy. Now, he has a … [Read more...]