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...]

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...]