‘Infrastructure is the weapon’: Inside the race to build portable interceptor factories
As the Iran war drives global demand for interceptor drones, defense startups are betting they can fit a production line into a shipping container.
Veterans
Fewer service members died by suicide in 2024 than year prior, report finds
The report on 2024 suicides found a decrease in the total force suicide rate, though active component rates have steadily increased from 2011 to 2024.
Kabul evac was a test of the Army’s ‘real readiness,’ FORSCOM boss says
Readiness remains the FORSCOM commander's top priority.
Military exchanges, battling supply chain issues, urge customers not to wait on holiday shopping
Exchange officials: 'Do not wait to buy — if you see it buy it!'
1:3 deployment-to-dwell goal is going to depend on demand from combatant commands
Senior leaders believe they can't achieve 1:3, but it will depend on what happens in the world.
Training records on soldiers’ smartphones and a revised manual
A web-based portal to rule them all.
Here are the Army’s new, and ongoing, quality of life initiatives
“We always like to say [that] we enlist soldiers, but we retain soldiers and families," the Army chief of staff said.
Army promises to learn, improve oversight after recent tech failures
Among other things, the Army needs to better employ tech-savvy troops, said Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston.
What TRADOC has been doing about recruiting and retention
An update of measures Army leaders are taking to improve recruiting and retention.
This Army program prevented a disease outbreak in a unit deploying to Afghanistan
The watch, band and ring combo measures performance and recovery.
Here’s the new gear being readied by the Army’s one-stop-shop for all things soldier
An integration facility, better body armor, an app store and more.
