JULY 30, 2025 — To better improve the efficiency of its ROTC program, the Army will deactivate 10 host units and eight extensions starting in the summer of 2026, the service announced. The units affected include the 1st Brigade Headquarters at U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, Tennessee, and the 1st Brigade has responsibilities at 10 senior military and junior colleges … [Read more...]

JULY 30, 2025 — The Department of Defense has approved changes to the length of tours for accompanied and unaccompanied Soldiers coming to South Korea. The implementation of a new 3-2-1 tour model for Soldiers arriving in South Korea begins Oct. 1, 2025. This policy extends the standard accompanied tour length from 24 months to 36 months, while unaccompanied tours will now … [Read more...]

JULY 29, 2025 — Two years after a name change, The Great Place is Fort Hood again, honoring a World War I hero, Col. Robert Benjamin Hood. During a ceremony July 28, 2025, at the III Armored Corps Headquarters flagpole, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood commander Col. Mark McClellan and U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hood Command Sgt. Maj. Loyd Rhoades cased the Fort Cavazos colors and … [Read more...]

JULY 29, 2025 - The Army recently celebrated its 250th birthday — two and a half centuries of defending the nation since standing up, June 14, 1775. Not long after, on July 29, 1775, the Army Chaplain Corps was established to provide ministerial support to those soldiers. "The members of today's Army Chaplain Corps are sustaining and enriching a sacred legacy, which our … [Read more...]

JULY 28, 2025 — “We are here in support of Raven Focus which is a brigade annual training exercise for the 81st Stryker Brigade, based in Seattle, Washington,” said Lt. Col. Nathan Davis, commander, 1-357th Brigade Support Battalion, Joint Base Lewis-McChord. “For the National Guard and the Army Reserve, their biggest challenge is access to equipment and the time to train. You … [Read more...]