Captains Joseph Palazini and Matthew Cushing took first place in the Army's 16th annual Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Khalid ‘Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri was responsible for planning ISIS attacks in Europe and developing the leadership structure of the terrorist organization. The service is expanding its effort to help more applicants meet enlistment standards. The top Army civilian likes the results the service is seeing from this intiative. The Army just graduated its first female active-duty soldier from its M1A2 Abrams Master Gunner course. She also placed in the top 20% and won the Ironman Award. The service's top civilian also suggested taking it virtual. Investigators said the “primary contributing factor” to the Green Beret's death was the “inadequacy of the Aqualung Scout Swimmer Vest." The initiative is one of the most promising efforts the service has to address its recruiting issues. What's next? The Infantry School and a team focused on lethality build an infantry ready for future combat. Load More