DECEMBER 4, 2020 - The Army has begun its annual Tenant Satisfaction Survey to gather feedback about living in Army housing. An online survey link was emailed Wednesday from CEL & Associates Inc., an independent, third-party group, to more than 110,000 tenants living in privatized, government-owned and government-leased housing across the globe. Tenants are asked to add … [Read more...]
TRADOC Delivers New Doctrine to Equip Unit Leaders
DECEMBER 4, 2020 - Training and Doctrine Command’s Combined Arms Center kicked off the new decade prioritizing equipping the Army’s troop-level formations with new doctrine as the Army continues to modernize its formations and the way it fights. It’s a surge effort to equip unit leaders across warfighting disciplines with the tactics, techniques and procedures to help them … [Read more...]
AMCOM to Launch Classes for Transitioning Service Members
DECEMBER 4, 2020 - The U.S. Department of Labor approximates that 200,000 men and women transition to the civilian sector from the military each year. “The Transition Assistance Program provides information, tools, and training to ensure service members and their spouses are prepared for the next step in civilian life,” the DOL states on its website. The U.S. Army … [Read more...]
Army Gets Closer to Self-Adjusting Turbine Engines
DECEMBER 2, 2020 - A team of U.S. Army and academic researchers developed a novel design to automatically adjust aircraft rotor blade positions while already in-flight, a tactic that could improve turbine engine performance. Researchers from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, now known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory, Iowa State University and Brown … [Read more...]
Army Now Testing Recruits for Sickle Cell Trait
DECEMBER 1, 2020 - The Army has started testing recruits for sickle cell trait, or SCT, to identify at-risk Soldiers, as the service plans to screen all Soldiers within a year, according to a U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command medical officer. Earlier this month, the screening push kicked off to both give Army leaders an idea of how SCT has impacted the ranks, and to … [Read more...]