DECEMBER 19, 2024 – U.S. Army Soldiers in basic training and Advanced Individual Training across the country are heading home for a well-deserved break during Holiday Block Leave. HBL, planned by the U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training, provides both trainees and cadre the chance to reconnect with their families and friends and recharge during the two-week holiday … [Read more...]
Army Selects Next Harding Fellows
DECEMBER 17, 2024 – The second group of Harding Fellow military editors-in-chief have been selected and will be the first to experience the expanded broadening opportunity. This cohort’s fellow program will see them not just editing their journals, but also on the University of Kansas campus as graduate students. A cooperative agreement with the university represents a … [Read more...]
Taking Excellence from the Athletic Field to the Battlefield
DECEMBER 16, 2024 — The United States Military Academy has more than 4,000 cadets on campus every year, and each of them participates in some form of athletic competition. They either play on one of the 28 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams, on a club team, or compete in intramural sports called company athletics. “The culture of our academy is … [Read more...]
Army Medics Train with Navy Corpsmen
U.S. Army Sgt. Jaliah Rudolph, back left, from Montgomery, Alabama, assigned to 62nd Medical Brigade, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, assists Sailors in transporting a simulated casualty during a joint Tactical Combat Casualty Care training between Soldiers and Sailors in the main battle dressing station onboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), … [Read more...]
West Point Team Runs Army-Navy Game Ball to DC
DECEMBER 16, 2024 — The approximately 300-mile journey of the Army-Navy Ball Run began on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, in front of Quarters 100 — the residence of the U.S. Military Academy superintendent. Eighteen members of the Army West Point Marathon Team stepped off to cheers from the West Point community and Corps of Cadets to deliver the Army-Navy gameday ball to … [Read more...]