SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 - The members of the Class of 2020 will receive their branches in November, but the process of assigning them will be different than ever before. The U.S. Military Academy is serving as phase one of implementation for the Army's new Market Model branching system, which will roll out to ROTC programs throughout the country next year. For the first time, … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 - October 1st is the date the Army expects the bid samples and written proposals for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, referred to as OMFV, Brig. Gen. Ross Coffman told the attendees of the Maneuver Warfighter Conference Sept. 11. Coffman directs the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team, which leads the Army’s effort to modernize its … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 - The U.S. military must continue to integrate its warfighting capabilities across all domains while maintaining its forward presence in the Pacific region, leaders said Wednesday. With multi-domain operations, the military must integrate air, land, sea, space and cyberspace efforts in order to achieve overmatch quickly, said Lt. Gen. Eric Wesley, deputy … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 - The U.S. Army awarded two contracts as it advances the fielding of a prototype hypersonic weapon by Fiscal Year 2023. The Army Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) will introduce a new class of ultrafast, maneuverable, long-range missiles that will launch from mobile ground platforms. "Delivering hypersonics to a unit of action will provide a critical … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 - The Army is built upon the individual Soldier, and the battlefield of the future demands Soldiers who can excel under intense physical and cognitive demands. The new Army Combat Fitness Test breaks with over three decades of the Army Physical Fitness Test. The Army plans to roll out the test by October 2019 and replace the APFT as the Army's fitness test of … [Read more...]