FEBRUARY 4, 2021 - Do you need Army Tuition Assistance (TA)? Are you using TA now? GoArmyEd is shutting down on February 12, 2021, to make way for the new ArmyIgnitED. Here’s what you need to do: 1. Students can still create an account and submit TA requests until 11 Feb., 2021 through GoArmyEd before the shutdown. If you have a user account created before the 11 Feb., … [Read more...]
Task Force Plans to be Centerpiece of Army Modernization
FEBRUARY 3, 2021 - The Army’s first Multi-Domain Task Force is charting an unknown path to help reshape how the total force fights and wins on future battlefields, its commander said Wednesday. Initiated in March 2017, the MDTF pilot program focused on defeating an enemy’s anti-access/area denial, or A2/AD, capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. Since then, through … [Read more...]
Discovery Could Lead to Self-Propelled Robot
FEBRUARY 2, 2021 - Army-funded researchers discovered how to make materials capable of self-propulsion, allowing materials to move without motors or hands. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered how to make materials that snap and reset themselves, only relying upon energy flow from their environment. This research, published in Nature Materials … [Read more...]
Army Pay System to Support Active-Duty, Reserve Personnel by December
FEBRUARY 1, 2021 - In anticipation of an Army-wide release of the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, program officials requested Friday that all active-duty and Reserve Soldiers verify their military and pay records before the service goes live in December. Next year, close to 1.1 million Soldiers will have access to IPPS-A, a web-based human resources system that … [Read more...]
Army Leaders Learn From Private Industry Partners
FEBRUARY 1, 2021 - A thriving Training With Industry program here is improving the Army’s ability to provide logistical support by leveraging modern civilian business best practices. The Combined Arms Support Command is orchestrating TWI opportunities for each of its sustainment branches – Quartermaster, Ordnance, Transportation, Finance and Comptroller, Adjutant General – … [Read more...]