ARLINGTON, Va. (Aug. 18, 2014) - During a two-day session at the Pentagon last month, approximately 30 members of the Senior Executive Service (SES) gathered to discuss how to improve civilian career development. Army Under Secretary Brad R. Carson hosted the event, which was meant to help shape policy changes regarding how the Army hires, trains, develops, and sustains its … [Read more...]

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Aug. 14, 2014) - The F-35 Joint Program Office has selected the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center to perform independent software safety analyses of the next-generation strike aircraft commonly called the Joint Strike Fighter. The single-engine, single-seat F-35 will be manufactured in three versions: a … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 14, 2014) - The Army has implemented changes to how it considers, selects and slates command sergeants major and sergeants major for the privilege of serving in Command Select List positions. For four years, the Command Select List, or CSL, system has filled the Army's most critical brigade and battalion-level CSM and SGM key billets with … [Read more...]

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 12, 2014) - Shock waves from battlefield explosions are invisible threats for U.S. Soldiers and their top-of-the-line combat helmets, but with new studies in synthetic human physiology, researchers are learning how to lessen blast wave effects on the brain. Exactly how, and to what degree, these waves cause brain damage is what the U.S. … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug, 12, 2014) - "We still have Soldiers and families we need to continue to care for ... We can never ever forget where we put our Soldiers every single day," said Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. John F. Campbell, meaning Soldiers in harm's way and the wounded. Special thoughts are also needed for the families of those who didn't return, … [Read more...]