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Army units must trim command posts, add drones to survive
Smaller command posts already are being tested at the National Training Center and overseas.
By Todd South
What Gen. CQ Brown would bring as chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Two sources confirmed to Defense News that the president has chosen Gen. Brown to succeed Army Gen. Mark Milley as the nation’s top military officer.
Dept. of Veterans Affairs, union spar over staffing
VA officials said hiring and retention levels are at record highs, but workers groups say even more staff is needed to keep up.
Military services grappling with filling their ranks in budget request
The services are looking to add about 12,000 troops to their ranks this year.
The Army keeps getting smaller
The service drops another 20,000 from its end-strength request.
By Todd South
It takes a community to recruit and retain service members
America's defense communities have long been one of the largest sources for military recruiting.
By Karen Holt
The Army doesn’t know why junior officers are leaving
Depending on their commissioning source, junior officers have a range of reasons to leave.
By Capt. Lindsay Gabow
Army Reserve officers are bailing out, this general has a plan
Practices that fed the mobilization machine during recent wars now bedevil the Reserve as those wars end and the Pentagon preps for bigger fights.
By Davis Winkie
Army doubles down on retention for fiscal 2023 amid recruiting woes
The Army is trying to retain even more soldiers than last year, according to the service's top general.
By Davis Winkie
More tests in store for farther-shooting howitzers
Advances have more than doubled the howitzer's ranges already.
By Zamone Perez
New rifle, light machine gun headed to close combat troops
The weapons are going to infantry, scouts, combat engineers and special operations.
By Todd South