Enterprise-wide training: the Army’s $3.5B program for multi-service combat readiness
The competition for Warfighter Training and Readiness Solutions will bring together training networks, combat training centers and live ranges across the DoD enterprise.
In this op-ed retired Army Maj. Gen. John Ferrari lays out why FARA had to go, and where Army aviation should fly from here.
By John Ferrari
“We’re actually getting [soldiers] involved in how we’re helping to design the force….My view is that we are going to see a lot of refinements from the field that will really help us figure out how we need to adjust,” said Army Chief Randy George.
By Ashley Roque
A trio of new longer range missiles could also be in soldiers’ hands over the next dozen months.
By Ashley Roque
“How in the hell do you lose an F-35?”
By Michael Marrow
“We have to be able to operate, wherever we’re called, whether it’s in Europe or the Pacific and I think that that has to kind of be a guiding principle for us,” said Army Chief Gen. Randy George.
By Ashley Roque
“The Army is in a moment of transformation where we are really pivoting from [counterinsurgency] COIN and [counterterrorism] CT to large-scale combat operations: So, we’ve got to transform our force structure,” said Army Secretary Christine Wormuth.
By Ashley Roque
Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
Gen. Randy George and Gen. Eric Smith will now formally take over leadership of the Army and Marine Corps, respectively.
By Michael Marrow and Ashley Roque
A breakthrough in a blockade on military confirmations came after the Senate’s top Democrat moved to hold individual votes for Brown, as well as Army and Marine Corps leaders.
By Michael Marrow and Ashley Roque
“My brigade combat team was responsible for a third of Iraq, hell, everything from drinking chai to chasing Iranians. That’s not the future,” said Army Futures Command Gen. James Rainey.
By Ashley Roque
In addition to the official notice for the next leader of the Marine Corps are nominations for the Missile Defense Agency, US Cyber Command, the DIA and others.
By Ashley Roque
The announced assignments will see new faces heading to important acquisition posts in the Army.
By Andrew Eversden
In this op-ed, retired Army Maj. Gen. John Ferrari argues that the Army’s decision to make cuts to force structure, while tough, is ultimately the right one.
By John Ferrari