What the military could learn from the NFL preseason (and vice versa)
NFL preseason and military pre-deployment training appear unrelated on the surface. But dig a little deeper, and you will find a shared set of challenges.
By Clay Beyersdorfer
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After delay, Senate confirms Sam Brown to lead VA memorial affairs
The combat-wounded veteran and former Senate hopeful will oversee operations at hundreds of VA cemeteries and memorial sites.
VA deputy secretary fired after ‘loss of confidence’
James Byrne was confirmed to the second-highest VA spot less than five months ago.
The Army kicks off a new way to pick critical commanders
The five-day Battalion Commander Assessment Program assessment includes a host of new measures.
By Todd South
Meet the new boss: Moran named chairman of Senate vets committee
The Kansas senator will replace departing chairman Johnny Isakson in the leadership role.
White House announces pick to fill a top Pentagon personnel post
If confirmed, J. David Patterson would effectively take over a personnel office that has been lacking a permanent leader for almost 18 months.
Army company leader workload is unsustainable. Here are some ways to fix it
The pressure has some resorting to distorting or lying.
By Todd South
Pentagon’s top personnel official retires
Jimmy Stewart has served as the acting head of the personnel office for the last 14 months.
Pentagon’s top enlisted leader opens up about the misconduct investigation that could have ended his career
Senior enlisted adviser to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell offers some advice after coming back from suspension.
Meet Kenneth Braithwaite, pick for Navy secretary, and staunch Trump ally
Deemed an astute questioner, a good listener and innately credible ― Braithwaite is thought to have the skills needed to manage the Navy’s rough transition and beyond. He also has embraced much of the rhetoric coming out of the White House.
By Joe Gould
Pompeo stresses NATO’s importance in Germany visit; meets with troops at Grafenwoehr
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his German counterpart stressed the close ties between their two countries Thursday, batting away talk of trans-Atlantic friction and insisting that the NATO alliance that both are part of remains relevant today.
By Frank Jordans, The Associated Press
Former SOCOM commander McRaven latest former military leader to blast Trump over Syria
McRaven said the rhetoric and acts he witnessed at a change of command ceremony at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, and an annual gala for the Office of Strategic Services Society reminded him “why our future may be in peril.”
By Diana Stancy