OCTOBER 2, 2020 - The U.S. Army is working to modernize its military pay systems to provide for a more ready and lethal force that is focused on mission accomplishment and not just on paycheck issues. In preparation for that future, the U.S. Army Financial Management Command assumed the Army’s military pay mission from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service on Oct. … [Read more...]
New Era of Army Physical Fitness Assessment – the ACFT
OCTOBER 2, 2020 - The energy was electric at Target Hill Athletic Field Saturday as 1,036 U.S. Military Academy cadets, mostly the 3rd and 4th Regiments from the Classes of 2021 and 2022, enthusiastically streamed through to kick off the new era of Army physical fitness assessment, the Army Combat Fitness Test. Cadets tested in the ACFT last semester and during Cadet Basic … [Read more...]
Army Medical Program to Improve Individual Soldier Care
OCTOBER 1, 2020 - Starting Thursday, the Army Recovery Care Program will be in full swing following its initial restructure over the summer, an Army medical official said Monday. The program aims to better serve the needs of individual Soldiers by using a “single-entry criteria,” said Col. Curtis Douglass, deputy chief of staff of the program, which falls under U.S. Army … [Read more...]
Holistic Health Added to Army Fitness Doctrine
OCTOBER 1, 2020 - The ink has dried on the Army’s updated physical fitness doctrine, which now includes a portion on holistic health that aims to prevent injuries, increase Soldier lethality, and be an essential component of individual readiness. Holistic Health and Fitness, or H2F, will be published Thursday into Army Field Manual 7-22, which covers the force’s doctrine on … [Read more...]
Army Reserve Activates First Field Feeding Company
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 - The U.S. Army Reserve will activate its first-ever field feeding company Oct. 16, 2020, with one year to become fully integrated. The activation signifies yet another push of moving culinary specialists (92G) from dining facilities to a more battlefield oriented environment. A handful of carefully selected Army Reserve Soldiers were chosen to establish … [Read more...]