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...
'Don't Do It:' Senior Leaders Say Soldiers Should Stop Taking Mandatory Online Classes The move is part of a broader shift away from the Global War on Terrorism era and toward ramping up training for conventional...
California Army Post Still Doesn't Have Clean Drinking Water After More Than a Week At a sprawling,165,000 acres, Fort Hunter Liggett is the Army Reserve's largest training installation.
2,000 Expert Soldier Badges Have Been Awarded in 3 Years. But Do Non-Combat Units Want It? The 2,000 Expert Soldier Badges, or ESBs, have been awarded to a pool of roughly 20,000 soldiers who have undertaken tests...
Here's How the Army Is Keeping Basic Trainees from Getting Injured as Often A lot of recruits suffer injuries in basic training, some of which can be attributed to the sudden ratcheting up of physical...
Land Navigation Is Coming Back to the Army's Basic Leader Course The Army's Basic Leader Course is a 22-day school for the Army's junior leaders and required to rise to the rank of sergeant.
'It's Lethal Here': Army Aims to Master the Arctic, Where the Environment Is the Enemy Sub-zero day temperatures and plunging night temperatures make even the most mundane Army task a huge undertaking in the...
The Army Axes its Best Warrior Competition as it Turns Focus to Squads The full list of what the Best Squad competition will feature is unknown, but events will be team oriented.
Top 10 Things to Know Prior to Army Special Forces Training Getting ready for Army Special Forces Assessment and Selection requires commitment and a near lifetime of preparation.
2024 Veterans Day Free Meals and Restaurant Deals and Discounts Restaurants are saluting Veterans Day with free meals and discounts for veterans, service members and their families.
Senior Enlisted Marine Reduced to Sergeant for Wearing Unauthorized Awards, Including Purple Heart Per a plea agreement, then-Sgt. Maj. Charlie Clawson was reduced in rank after a Sept. 13 court-martial found him in...
Army Investigating Gen. Kurilla, Head of Central Command, over Allegations He Shoved an Airman One of the Pentagon's top generals is under investigation for allegedly shoving an airman on a flight in early September, a...
2024 Veterans Day Retail Deals and Discounts Businesses are saluting Veterans Day with a host of discounts and freebies for veterans, service members and their families.
Marine Corps Blames Pilot Error for Crash of Malfunctioning F-35 in South Carolina Forest An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina last year had an electrical malfunction, and the pilot...