From force structure to lethality, Army poised to unveil key decisions: 2024 preview

From force structure to lethality, Army poised to unveil key decisions: 2024 preview
From force structure to lethality, Army poised to unveil key decisions: 2024 preview

A trio of new longer range missiles could also be in soldiers’ hands over the next dozen months.

Army’s Wormuth: Congress will soon hear plans to revamp force structure, trim SOF

Army’s Wormuth: Congress will soon hear plans to revamp force structure, trim SOF
Army’s Wormuth: Congress will soon hear plans to revamp force structure, trim SOF

“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.

At confirmation hearing, Army’s George talks recruitment, special ops cuts and Ukraine

At confirmation hearing, Army’s George talks recruitment, special ops cuts and Ukraine
At confirmation hearing, Army’s George talks recruitment, special ops cuts and Ukraine

President Joe Biden has tapped Lt. Gen. James Mingus to succeed George as the next Army vice chief of staff, but a political logjam has drawn a cloud over the entire confirmation process.

Before Basic: Amid recruiting crunch, Army expands Future Soldier Prep Course

Before Basic: Amid recruiting crunch, Army expands Future Soldier Prep Course
Before Basic: Amid recruiting crunch, Army expands Future Soldier Prep Course

The service maintains that recruiting shortfalls have not yet hindered readiness but it is in a race to increase recruiting incentives and expand this pre-basic training pilot project before numbers dip lower.

Recruitment is now a real threat to a frail force facing formidable foes

Recruitment is now a real threat to a frail force facing formidable foes
Recruitment is now a real threat to a frail force facing formidable foes

“Under-manned units over-operate, resulting in an unrested and less specialized force. And the only real solution to this issue is to add fresh bodies to the force,” writes Mackenzie Eaglen of AEI.

Do Young Humans + Artificial Intelligence = Cybersecurity?

Do Young Humans + Artificial Intelligence = Cybersecurity?
Do Young Humans + Artificial Intelligence = Cybersecurity?

WASHINGTON: The Army is recruiting smart young soldiers to wage cyber war. But human talent is not enough. Ultimately, say experts, cyberspace is so vast, so complex, so constantly changing that only artificial intelligence can keep up. America can’t prevail in cyberspace through superior numbers. We could never match China hacker for hacker. So our…

Hack Us, Please: DoD Opens Websites To ‘White Hat’ Hackers

Hack Us, Please: DoD Opens Websites To ‘White Hat’ Hackers
Hack Us, Please: DoD Opens Websites To ‘White Hat’ Hackers

PENTAGON: Excited by the success of April’s Hack The Pentagon contest, the Defense Department will allow so-called white hat hackers to test all its unclassified public websites. First, a new policy released today encourages anyone  to look for weaknesses in any public DoD site, as long as they report what they find. Then, for a select subset of…

SecDef Carter Predicts His Reforms Will Endure

SecDef Carter Predicts His Reforms Will Endure
SecDef Carter Predicts His Reforms Will Endure

NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, ILL: As Russian cyber espionage heats up the presidential campaign, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said his Pentagon reforms will endure under the next president, whoever he or she may be. “These things that we’re doing, we the leadership collectively discuss them, invent them, so everybody understands why we’re doing these things,”…