Army's New Marksmanship Qualification Test Ramps Up Difficulty The new course will replace current marksmanship qualification course with one that requires soldiers to engage targets...
More Army Combat Arms Specialties Will Soon See Extended Training The Army is looking to extend entry-level training for armor, cavalry and other combat arms specialties as early as fall.
JSOC Member Released from Hospital After Being Shot During Training A soldier who was wounded during pistol training Monday has been released from the hospital, Bragg officials said.
US Advise-and-Assist Missions Erode Leadership Skills, Army General Says Gen. Stephen Townsend, TRADOC commander, said he is "troubled" that many young leaders don't believe in Army Mission Command.
First Female Enlisted Soldier Graduates from Sapper School Sgt. Hailey Falk graduated from the 28-day combat engineer leadership course and received her Sapper tab on Dec. 7.
Soldiers to Get Advanced Virtual Training Tools Next Year, Army Says The U.S. Army is gearing up to launch the first iterations of its new virtual reality simulators.
Army Researchers to Track Heat Injuries in Ranger, Airborne Training Researchers recently began collecting data from 2,000 soldiers in Ranger, Airborne and Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning.
Army Wants Extended Training for Armor, Engineers, Other Combat Jobs Basic training programs for combat arms specialties such as armor and engineers will soon start a pilot program.
Inside SecDef Jim Mattis’ $2.5 Billion Plan to Make the Infantry Deadlier DoD is investing in weapons, unmanned systems, body armor, training and new technology for close-combat forces.
Summer Surge at Fort Benning Delays Basic Training for 423 Recruits More than 400 recruits are on hold at Fort Benning, Georgia's reception station and may have to wait as long as three weeks.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
