JUNE 24, 2020 - U.S. Army researchers developed a new, advanced scientific model that will allow vehicle maintenance specialists to turn to bio-derived fuels in austere locations. With this solution, the Army can reduce logistics costs associated with transporting and storing military fuel for military operations overseas. Instead, the Army can convert biomass, like wood … [Read more...]

JUNE 23, 2020 - A specialized team from Brooke Army Medical Center virtually supported a heart-lung bypass on the West Coast, saving a Soldier’s life and marking a first for this lifesaving program. BAMC teamed up with Naval Medical Center San Diego last month to administer extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, treatment to a patient with presumed viral myocarditis, … [Read more...]

JUNE 22, 2020 - Even a pandemic like COVID-19 cannot stop the Army from developing and training its future enlisted leaders, and the Emergency Basic Leaders Course in Kuwait made sure of that. Deployed soldiers in the next generation of Army enlisted leaders were able to complete the Basic Leaders Course in Kuwait without having to go back to the United States for classes or … [Read more...]

JUNE 19, 2020 - A day after publishing the new Army Combat Fitness Test, or ACFT 2.0, Army leaders jumped on social media to directly answer questions about it, and how it may impact Soldiers during a virtual town hall Tuesday on Facebook. More than 270,000 viewers from around the globe streamed the live event, as Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael A. Grinston, along with a panel … [Read more...]

JUNE 19, 2020 - Forged in the fires of revolution and tempered in war, the United States Army is considered by many as the most powerful military in the world. However, given its origin as a band of ill-equipped and poorly trained militias during the Revolutionary War, it may seem ironic that such an army would one day rise to its present lofty status. Fresh off a victory … [Read more...]