MAY 2, 2024 — Beginning in June, the Army is suspending a requirement for Soldiers to complete a previously required level of professional military education, or PME, to qualify for promotion to noncommissioned officer, or NCO, ranks up through master sergeant. With this announcement, the Army will no longer use temporary promotions for NCO promotions and all previously … [Read more...]
Navy Joins Forces with Army and Norway for Bridge Construction
APRIL 29, 2024 - In a display of international collaboration the U.S. Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11, Norwegian Armed Forces and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division joined forces to construct and maneuver across a medium girder bridge April 26-28 here testing joint mobility capabilities during DEFENDER 2024. The 21st Theater Sustainment Command is in … [Read more...]
Army Course hosts Holistic Health and Fitness Day
APRIL 26, 2024 – Students from the School for Command Preparation’s (SCP) Chief of Staff of the Army’s Core Course (CSACC), also known as the Pre-Command / Command Sergeants Major Course, participated in a Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) Day here April 23, 2024, to assess their individual fitness and learn more about the five readiness domains that define the H2F … [Read more...]
Army Corp Clears Wreckage from Limited Access Channel
APRIL 26, 2024 — With the removal of a 560-ton section of structural steel on April 22, 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cleared enough wreckage from a 35-foot-deep limited access channel, in accordance with USACE’s commitment to deliver it by the end of April. The LAC runs the northern portion of the wider and federal channel, which has been blocked since the … [Read more...]
Army Begins Building Floating Aid Pier Off Gaza
APRIL 26, 2024 - U.S. Army personnel have begun construction of a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver critical humanitarian assistance, senior defense and Biden administration officials said yesterday. Construction of the pier is expected to be completed in early May. Once completed, it will initially facilitate the delivery of an estimated 90 truckloads of … [Read more...]