AUGUST 20, 2019 - Earlier this year, former Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey testified to Congress that the Army was expanding the Not In My Squad (NIMS) initiative in an attempt to change the problematic parts of Army culture and confront the problem of sexual assault and harassment in the military. In the months leading up to the end of his tenure, as Command Sgt. … [Read more...]
Army Reserve Soldiers Conduct New JLTV Training
AUGUST 19, 2019 - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers conducted training on the Army’s latest all-terrain vehicle at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, August 12, 2019. The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, known as the JLTV, is currently being fielded across the Army Reserve. The 40-hour course provides full level maintenance training designed to give Army Reserve Soldiers and civilians … [Read more...]
New Tool Gives Soldiers Easier Access to Training Records
AUGUST 16, 2019 - The Training Management Directorate (TMD), Combined Arms Center-Training (CAC-T) recently added an additional training management tool, the Digital Job Book, to help first line leaders and individual Soldiers view and manage training records without the need for a Digital Training Management System (DTMS) account. The Digital Job Book opens to two separate … [Read more...]
Army Orders First Combat-Capable Laser Weapon System
AUGUST 5, 2019 - The U.S. Army issued a contract award to accelerate the rapid prototyping and fielding of its first combat-capable laser weapon system. This prototype will deliver 50 kilowatt (kW)-class lasers on a platoon of four Stryker vehicles in Fiscal Year 2022, supporting the Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) mission. The directed energy M-SHORAD capability … [Read more...]
Seasoned Combat Leader Sworn in as Army’s Vice Chief of Staff
AUGUST 2, 2019 - Experience on the battlefield helped earn Gen. Joseph Martin the nomination to the Army's second highest military rank. Martin was sworn in as the Army's 37th vice chief of staff in a Pentagon ceremony Friday, following a steady progression of the service's senior leadership into higher positions within the Department of Defense. Gen. Mark A. Milley, the … [Read more...]