FEBRUARY 22, 2021 - As the Army crafts its next budget, its chief of staff said Wednesday he will ensure every dollar counts as the service pushes ahead with its modernization efforts. The Army is currently pursuing over 30 signature modernization systems under its updated acquisition process that aims to cut timelines and eliminate wasteful spending. “If we’re going to … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 18, 2021 - The U.S. Army is scheduled to enact a series of changes to its universal grooming standards on February 25. The move, which marks a substantial deviation from the Army’s previous grooming code, is intended to improve the wellbeing of all Soldiers while incorporating such key themes as diversity and inclusion. The effort originated from a panel of 17 … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 18, 2021 - At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 222 Soldiers from Fort Carson, Colorado, will deploy in the coming days to Los Angeles, California, to support a state-run, federally supported COVID-19 vaccination center there. U.S. Army North, the Joint Force Land Component Command of U.S. Northern Command, will oversee the military COVID-19 … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 17, 2021 - On March 19, 2020, those on the ground at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, had one thing on their mind: executing a successful hypersonic flight test. The first launch of its kind in almost three years, the hypersonics team knew the importance of the flight test mission to support fielding capabilities by the early- to mid-2020s, a … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY 12, 2021 - After being reactivated in October following a seven-year pause, V Corps will be tested in several exercises as it seeks to be combat ready by this fall, its commander said Feb. 4. V Corps, which was inactivated in 2013 as part of a drawdown in Europe, is currently split-based in the U.S. and Europe. While the corps is headquartered at Fort Knox, … [Read more...]