The Army’s PaYS program’s partners include companies like General Motors, USAA, Cintas, and Century 21 that interview Soldiers for jobs.
How the ‘Horse Soldiers’ took the fight to Taliban after 9/11
Special OpsThis article by Diana Stancy Correll was originally published by Military Times. Before the 9/11 attacks, then-Capt. Mark Nutsch never expected he would use horseback riding — a skill he learned growing up on a Kansas cattle ranch — in battle. But weeks later on Oct. 19, 2001, Nutsch and a team of 11 other Green Berets […]
Head of Naval Surface Forces seeking more ships, better training
Military AffairsThis article by Megan Eckstein was originally published by Military Times. The head of the U.S. Navy’s surface fleet has laid out a plan to prepare his force to deter or defeat a top-notch adversary, calling for specific steps to improve ship maintenance, successfully and rapidly field new weapons, develop high-end tactics, and ensure sailors […]
Miss Colorado: Active duty Soldier and veteran’s mental health advocate
Off DutyThis article by Sarah Sicard was originally published by Military Times. Like every contestant, Miss Colorado wanted to be the next Miss America. Unlike the contestants, Miss Colorado is an active duty soldier in the U.S. Army. Spc. Maura Spence-Carroll is an all source intelligence analyst (35F) in 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, […]
Rapid Dragon: Air Force conducts first live-fire test of cruise missile from cargo plane
AirpowerThis article by Stephen Losey was originally published by Military Times. The U.S. Air Force on Thursday destroyed a target in the Gulf of Mexico with a cruise missile launched from the back of a cargo aircraft, marking the first live-fire test of its Rapid Dragon program. The final flight test of Rapid Dragon, which took […]
CSAF: Interoperability is the key to winning future wars
Military AffairsThis article by Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. was originally published by Military Times. A few years ago, when I was leading the air campaign against ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria, we drew resources and combat power from a 78-country coalition to defeat a brutal foe. Of all the lessons learned from that […]
US Navy to change to one PFA cycle per year, planks added
On DutyThis article by Diana Stancy Correll was originally published by Military Times. The Navy has announced that it will complete one physical fitness assessment cycle in 2022 — a departure from the traditional two cycles conducted annually — and will start scoring forearm planks. The Navy attributed the single cycle to the COVID-19 pandemic and to delays in the […]
US Navy ship rescues Iranian mariners lost at sea
On DutyThis article by Geoff Ziezulewicz was originally published by Military Times. A U.S. Navy ship rescued two Iranian mariners Saturday who had been lost in the Gulf of Oman in their small open boat for more than a week. The dry cargo ship Charles Drew responded at 10 a.m. local time, after the Bahrain-based multinational coalition Combined Maritime […]
Russia endangers ISS with “reckless” ASAT test
Military AffairsThis article by Nathan Strout was originally published by Military Times. Russia destroyed one of its own satellites in an anti-satellite weapon test Nov. 15, according to the U.S. State Department, creating orbital debris that led astronauts on the International Space Station to take cover on several occasions. “Earlier today the Russian Federation recklessly conducted a […]
Air Force releases new, more personalized PT test standards
Air ForceThis article by Rachel S. Cohen was originally published by Military Times. Lace up those sneakers: the new PT tests are coming. The Air Force on Friday released a fresh set of spreadsheets that will be used to calculate airmen’s scores on the revamped annual physical fitness assessment, which begins in January. It solidifies the service’s shift […]
