OCTOBER 18, 2021 - Senior noncommissioned officers who have not yet graduated from the Master Leaders Course may still be promoted in the coming weeks, said the Army’s top enlisted Soldier. The new policy starts Nov. 1 and will briefly promote qualified Soldiers to E-8 for up to a year to provide them time to complete required schooling, or enter proof of graduation into the … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 15, 2021 - Twenty four of the Army’s “31+4 signature systems” will be in Soldiers’ hands by fiscal year 2023 as part of the Army’s ongoing modernization efforts, the chief of staff said Tuesday. Even with new equipment on the horizon, the Army’s No. 1 priority will remain its people, said Gen. James C. McConville during a speech at the Association of the U.S. Army … [Read more...]

Gen. Achilles Furlan Neto, commander of the Brazilian Army Amazon Military Command, briefs the capabilities of his soldiers during the 2nd Multilateral Border Conference in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, to a delegation of senior leaders from Army South, Colombia, Peru, Panama, and Ecuador. OCTOBER 14, 2021 – The Brazilian Army hosted senior military leaders from U.S. Army … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 14, 2021 – 4th Infantry Division Soldiers tested the Army’s next-generation Assured Positioning Navigation and Timing (APNT) solution here, which allows Soldiers to maintain integrity of position and timing in GPS-contested environments. The Mounted Assured Position Navigation and Timing (MAPS) will integrate across the Army’s wheeled and tracked platforms, bringing … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 13, 2021 - Records are meant to be broken. When it comes to the Zephyr unmanned aircraft produced by Airbus, U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground is the launching ground for more flights into the next generation of aviation. In 2010, the Zephyr unmanned aircraft stayed aloft for two straight weeks high above U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, setting a world record. In 2018, … [Read more...]