Army Wants to Spot-Promote Officers Moved into Hard-to-Fill Jobs Congress granted the Army authority to move lower-ranking officers into critical unit positions as part of the 2019 NDAA.
Military Leaders Reveal Plans to Make Promotion Packages Totally Anonymous He said the goal is to remove characteristics such as gender, name and racial information to make merit-based decisions.
Marines Stop Using Pictures for Promotion Boards, Selection Processes The move follows Secretary of Defense Esper's guidance to all service branches to stop using photographs in promotion boards.
Inspectors Said Her Toxic Leadership Was 'Worst Seen in 20 Years.' She Just Became a 1-Star Investigators interviewed more than 60 witnesses, according to the report obtained by Military.com.
Why Some Army Colonels Won't Make the Cut for Command in New Assessment Course In mid-September, about 350 lieutenant colonels and colonels will go through the Colonel Command Assessment Program.
Pentagon to Consider Stripping Names, Gender Pronouns from Selection Boards Defense Secretary Mark Esper said personnel leaders are eyeing options to eliminate unconscious bias from promotion boards.
Duckworth Ends Hold on Promotions After Confirmation Vindman's Was Sent to White House Vindman was a key witness in President Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry.
Esper Bans Use of Promotion Board Photos, Orders Review of Hair and Grooming Standards The moves are meant to eliminate "discrimination, prejudice and bias in all ranks."
Duckworth Says She'll Block Military Promotions Until Vindman Gets Consideration Sen. Duckworth said she would block a promotions list with 1,123 names on it until she had confirmation.
Navy Task Force to Review Use of Promotion Photos; Marines Will Still Require Them Another military branch is reviewing whether it should do away with promotion photo requirements.
US Only 'Marginally' Ready for Great Power Fight, New Assessment Finds The Heritage Index assessed U.S. military strength across the service branches on a five-tiered scale.
As Army Cuts Recruiters, Service Deploys 2-Man Mobile Recruiting Stations U.S. Army Recruiting Command is reducing its force by roughly 1,700 recruiters over the next year.
Illinois WWII Veteran Survived POW Camps and Forced March Robert Teichgraeber, 100, survived 421 days as a prisoner of war.
First Class Midshipmen Uphold Naval Academy Traditions, Celebrate Service Assignments By the end of the spring, there will be 294 new naval aviation officers.
Marines Prep for Possible War in Europe During Massive East Coast Training Exercise Members of II Marine Expeditionary Force wrapped up a training exercise last week that ran from North Carolina to New York.
