WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 23, 2014) - Unmanned robots already have proven their worth on the battlefield, neutralizing improvised explosive devices, and more capable ones are coming in the future, according to the commander of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. While robots and unmanned platforms will continue to provide valuable assistance to Soldiers on the … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 22, 2014) - Fewer dollars means that for Army aviation to remain relevant and ready, it will need to better partner with industry and its sister-services, become more flexible and expeditionary and equip its squadrons with the best intelligence tools it can afford. That was one assessment posited during a panel discussion at the … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, January 22, 2014) - Soldiers now have the military's best career transition program, which the Army began re-engineering about three years ago, said the program's director. That re-engineering was the result of "a pretty detailed analysis and a lot of surveys and interviews and discussions with Soldiers," said Walter Herd, Army Career and … [Read more...]

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany (Jan. 17, 2014) -- Today about 3 million positions are vacant because companies can't find workers with basic technical skills in science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM, according to the U.S. News and World Report, if unchecked, they say that number grows to about 10 million by 2020. That is why 93 students, fourth graders from the … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Jan. 16, 2014) - In his own words, the G-8 reiterated what the secretary of the Army and chief of staff have both said about downsizing Soldier levels to under 450,000 -- "even at 450, it's a high risk for the mission sets and mission tasks that have been given to us." Presently, the Army has about 564,000 Soldiers on active duty, but that … [Read more...]