SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 - The Acting Secretary of the Army announced today proposed changes to eligibility criteria at Arlington National Cemetery. This begins the process for the federal government to prepare for the public rulemaking process which includes public feedback to the proposed changes. The nation's premiere military cemetery is at a critical crossroads in its … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 - Over the past year, a selected set of Army units have been piloting the new six-test Army Combat Fitness Test as the first phase of replacing the three-test Army Physical Fitness Test. Used since 1980, the APFT includes the 2-mile run, push-up test, and sit-up test. The ACFT is an almost hour-long series of the six tests described in Table 1: the dead … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 - A keel-laying ceremony took place last week for the first of a new class of Army watercraft, the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light). The Army chief of transportation and other officials attended the ceremony at the Vigor shipbuilding facility near Portland, Oregon. Vigor has been awarded a 10-year contract to construct up to 36 of the new watercraft. The … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 - The Department of the Army announced today that it will achieve its recruiting goals for Fiscal Year 2019. The regular Army signed more than 68,000 new active-duty Soldiers, exceeding its Fiscal Year 2019 recruiting mission. Recruiting goals were met in large part because of an overhauled recruiting approach and an increase in recruiters. Last year, the … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 - The Army Public Health Center issued a Public Health Alert Sept. 10 warning Soldiers and Family Members who do not currently use tobacco products to avoid all e-cigarette and vaping products, particularly those sold off the street or modified to add any substances not intended by the manufacturer. The warning follows reports of more than 450 possible … [Read more...]