Army Planning Big Boost to Pacific Operations Next Year with More Training, Deployments and Equipment The Army is seeking to better prepare itself for a potential conflict in the Pacific, with increased spending on regional...
6 Video Games (Sorry, ‘Simulators’) the US Military Used for Training So much money and development go into video games that the U.S. military sometimes scoops them out of the public sphere to...
Army Set to Launch New Online Training Platform This Week that Aims for Easier Use The Army Learning Management System, or ALMS, was taken offline last week. It's set to be replaced with the Army Training...
At Least 6 Soldiers Attacked by Coyotes, Treated for Injuries While Training at Fort Johnson Fort Johnson wildlife officials shot one of the coyotes and captured another for rabies testing.
Army Special Forces Training Like all soldiers, SF candidates begin their career with nine weeks of boot camp. After basic combat training comes advanced...
The Army Must Reward Smart Leaders, Not Just Strong Ones, if We Want to Win the Next War "The Army must start rewarding academic success as much as high fitness scores."
Commander of Army Pacific Training Brigade Suspended Col. Jonathan Chung was removed this week from his position commanding the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade after...
Have Soldiers Forgotten How to Use a Map and Compass? About seven months after the Army reintroduced land navigation to its Basic Leader Course, half of the soldiers in that pilot...
Army Guard and Reserve Grapple with the Time Suck of Mandatory Online Training The Army requires soldiers to sit through roughly a dozen training courses per year, such as suicide prevention and cyber...
Time in the Field, Longer School. The Army's Basic Leader Course May Get a Big Overhaul. The potential overhaul of the course would be part of the service's effort to get all of its troops more extensive combat...
F-35 Crashes Outside of Albuquerque Airport; Pilot in Serious Condition The jet was en route to Edwards Air Force Base in California from Fort Worth, Texas, when the incident occurred, according to...
New 911 Calls, Police Records Raise More Questions in Senior Airman Roger Fortson Shooting Death Fortson, 23, a senior special operations airman stationed at Hurlburt Field, was shot multiple times within seconds of...
Here Are the 73 Air Force Jobs Offering Big Reenlistment and Retention Bonuses The Air Force is now offering even more money for troops to reenlist and stay in 73 of its toughest and most critical jobs.
Unprotected: Troops Spent Decades Elbow-Deep in Dangerous Chemicals to Keep Nuclear Missiles Working The expectation that maintainers would simply accept being doused in known, deadly chemicals and continue to carry out their...
'The Whole Team Is Pretty Jacked': 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers Recognized Among Top Artillery Crews Earlier this month, the Army held its inaugural "Best Redleg" competition at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, a 200-soldier contest from...