MAY 24, 2021 - Then - 2nd Lt. Ralph Puckett Jr. had been finalizing his deployment preparations as a member of a replacement depot out of Camp Drake, Japan, when he heard his name echo through a nearby intercom system. Having volunteered to support the joint U.S. and U.N. mission during the Korean conflict in 1950, Puckett responded to the call and found himself reporting to … [Read more...]

MAY 24, 2021 - Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III today told the graduating class of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, that when he was a cadet in the 1970s, his leaders taught him valuable lessons that served him well during his 41-year Army career. During his first commencement speech at West Point, Austin said the academy was particularly rigorous … [Read more...]

MAY 21, 2021 - A service-wide migration to Army 365 is currently underway to provide Soldiers and Army civilians a cloud-based capability that will bolster collaboration and connectivity, network leaders said Wednesday. Similar to the suite of capabilities under Microsoft 365, the new Army program will improve information sharing with added cybersecurity measures in place, … [Read more...]

MAY 21, 2021 – Army engineers evaluated methods to improve the radio performance of Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCVs) during a field-based experiment. The experiment focused on protected communications for tele-operating robotic combat vehicles under the Next Generation Combat Vehicles Cross-Functional Team’s (NGCV CFT) Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) effort, which combines … [Read more...]

MAY 19, 2021 - A retention policy offering Soldiers a chance to take a break in service while receiving pay and benefits for up to three years is now a permanent program. The sabbatical program, called the Career Intermission Program, or CIP, is a way for Soldiers to take a knee in service for personal or professional goals when they might have otherwise left the Army, said … [Read more...]