Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.
The Army has disciplined 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone, the former West Point cadet who wore a Che Guevara shirt under his uniform at graduation. But they won't say how.
The Army is in the middle of a plan to study what makes new soldiers most prone to injury, while putting teams of nutritionists and fitness coaches into every brigade.
A series of memos released in the past month eliminate a host of training and administrative requirements that have nothing to do with combat readiness.
The Army is facing a surplus in some small military occupational specialties and some gaping holes for in-demand combat jobs like armor and artillery, so the Army is rolling out a new initiative in hopes of shifting things around.