Figure 1. A 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Long Knife" Trooper qualifying on their M240 at Fort Riley, Kansas (Photo by author) A wise mentor told me that command­ers are responsible for ...
The Army is making changes to its training regimen in part to ease the constant pressure soldiers are under to be ready for deployments, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on Friday. “We’ve been at war ...
WASHINGTON — The Air Force announced it is in the final phases of transitioning to a new force generation model to balance today’s combatant commander needs while building high-end readiness for the ...
According to an internal Army document, soldiers feel that the service’s overwhelming focus on readiness is wearing down the force, and leading some unit leaders to fudge the truth on their unit’s ...
Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1-160th Infantry Battalion prepare for live-fire training with the AT4 anti-tank weapon at the Camp Roberts Multi-Purpose Range on June 25. (Capt. Jason Sweeney/Army) ...
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy’s current carrier strike group readiness generation model may no longer work in today’s era of great power competition and struggling ship maintenance yards, the vice chief ...