AUGUST 6, 2026 - Upon graduating from the University of Virginia with a master’s degree in statistics, Neal Pillai was looking for a specific type of opportunity. “I was really looking for a role where I could broaden and complement my skillset.” Soon after graduation, Pillai applied, interviewed and was offered a position with U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in 2024 … [Read more...]

AUGUST 6, 2026 - The Department of Army successfully leveraged Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements to diversify the Hydra-70 rocket supply chain and revitalize its defense industrial base. The Aviation Rocket and Small Guided Munitions (ARSGM) Product Office utilized the One Nation Innovation (ONI) marketplace to award contracts recently to four defense contractors: … [Read more...]

AUGUST 6, 2026 — As Headquarters, Department of the Army, designates August 2026 as Antiterrorism Awareness Month, Fort Leonard Wood is focusing heavily on force protection and post-wide vigilance. The campaign aims to heighten awareness among Soldiers, civilians, contractors, retired personnel and families to detect terrorist and violent extremist activities. Using … [Read more...]

AUGUST 5, 2026 – Sgt. 1st Class Angela Kim, contracting officer, and Ben Graw, contract specialist, within the Strategic Competitions and Innovations Branch, Global Logistics Directorate, have been working with the Army Contracting Command G6 in Huntsville, Alabama to develop an automated services platform called Army Marketplace, Automation, and eXecution, better known as … [Read more...]

AUGUST 5, 2026 — Soldiers from Eighth Army and the Republic of Korea Army successfully concluded the 2026 U.S.-ROK Combined Joint Field Feeding Training Exercise at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, July 27-28. The two-day exercise brought together logistics and food service personnel from the 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment … [Read more...]