JULY 13, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has put strains on many aspects of normality around the world, and the large numbers of service members completing a permanent-change-of-station, or PCS, move this summer are seeing delays in household goods shipments due to private-sector shortages in labor, equipment and supplies. To alleviate as much of the uncertainty as possible, … [Read more...]
How Gen Z Is Shaping The Army’s Future
JULY 13, 2021 – Connecting a sense of calling with America’s youth is a critical Army effort that will be shared in this Thursday’s Leader Professional Development session, “Building Generations: Leading Gen Z in the Future Army.” As the host, Gen. Paul E. Funk ll, commanding general, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, knows just how critical Gen Z is to the force and … [Read more...]
Army Wrestlers Have Bigger Goals After Olympics
JULY 12, 2021 - Spenser Mango had battled against Ildar Hafizov’s strength before. Eleven years ago at the Dave Schultz Memorial International event in Colorado Springs, Mango took on Hafizov, then representing Uzbekistan and learned first hand of the Uzbek’s relentless tenacity. “I realized, wow, this guy's really tough,” said Mango, now a staff sergeant and Hafizov’s … [Read more...]
Gunsmoke Satellite Launches From 747, Deploys From ISS
JULY 9, 2021 - The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command delivers Army space assets on orbit by any means necessary to test new capabilities for the warfighter. The command’s second and third Gunsmoke-J satellites, a joint capability technology demonstration by the USASMDC Technical Center and Assured Position Navigation and Timing/Space Cross Functional Team, were … [Read more...]
Army Tests New Robotic Combat Vehicle Systems
JULY 9, 2021 - U.S. Army engineers work hard to develop new autonomous vehicle capabilities for the Warfighter. This summer, engineers and technicians from the U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) are gathered at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center to perform tests on the new software before turning over vehicles to Soldiers for their feedback. At … [Read more...]