MAY 10, 2022 – What are your plans if a five-ton nuclear device detonates in your city? While unlikely, the U.S. Army trains to assist communities in these worst-case scenarios and enhance mission readiness during homeland emergency response exercises such as Guardian Response 22. During the exercise, multiple units, which fall within the Defense Chemical, Biological, … [Read more...]

MAY 8, 2022 – U.S. Army Soldiers have until October 2022 to prepare for their first official Army Combat Fitness Test. They have until April 2023 to complete the test. To help its Soldiers prepare for the test, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company will conduct weekly physical training sessions at Redstone Arsenal and … [Read more...]

MAY 6, 2022 - For one pregnant Fort Jackson Soldier who last year weighed “heavily on getting out” of the Army, the changes in the Army Parenthood, Pregnancy and Postpartum directive made her “100% more confident” to stay in the service. Spc. Kelley Steiner, a military police specialist on her second pregnancy, not only benefits from the new program, but was instrumental in … [Read more...]

MAY 4, 2022 — Soldiers from Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia conducted the first tests here on a new system focused on improving readiness through modernizing aviation maintenance and logistics functions. “The Global Combat Support System Increment 2 – Army (GCSS-A) focuses on improving Army aviation’s the legacy logistics and sustainment systems,” said Maj. Andrew J. Johnson, … [Read more...]

MAY 3, 2022 – Many people despise moving, but it’s an unavoidable part of life in the Army for Soldiers. A permanent change of station (PCS) brings with it many questions and stressors. One Army Reserve Soldier, on the other hand, has stepped forward to help ease the process. Sgt. 1st Class Adam Litterio, a 92F petroleum specialist with U.S. Army Reserve Command training … [Read more...]