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Seven ‘Nisei’ soldiers of the 442nd posthumously receive commission

The Secretary of the Army is working to right an eight-decade wrong. Last month, Dan Driscoll posthumously promoted seven second-generation Japanese American soldiers, known as Nisei, to the rank of second lieutenant. The men, all former University of Hawaii Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets, were expelled under policies related to Executive Order 9066 and widespread anti-Japanese…
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SOCOM wants a drone-launched fire-and-forget missile

U.S. Special Operations Command wants a small, jam-proof, fire-and-forget missile that can be launched from medium-sized drones. The goal of the Symbiotic UAS Delivery System, or SCBDS, project is to develop a missile small enough to “allow special operations soldiers to…
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How the Army aims to transform its armor brigades

As the Army examines its armor formations, it wants to avoid placing them in a potential stalemate, similar to what is being seen in the Russia-Ukraine War. To avoid that fate, armor brigades are receiving new equipment and experimenting with different formations as part of the service’s “Transforming in Contact” initiative, first launched in 2024 with infantry brigades. The Army’s…
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National Guard exceeds recruiting goals for fiscal year 2025

The National Guard has exceeded its fiscal 2025 recruiting goals with the Air National Guard and Army National Guard combining to recruit nearly 50,000 new enlistees, officials announced Sept. 23. “Young Americans are eager to serve,” Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief…
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Infantry brigades shift to mobile brigades in Army transformation

Over the next two years, the U.S. Army will convert 25 Infantry Brigade Combat Teams into new formations known as Mobile Brigade Combat Teams as part of the service’s “Transforming in Contact” initiative, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said at a media roundtable in September. As part of the service’s initiative to rapidly deliver new capabilities to operational units, three brigades…
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No drones for Army squads, teams, 25th Infantry Division leader says

Amid a push to put more small drones in the hands of soldiers across the force, the U.S. Army is learning that there’s a ceiling to the number of unmanned systems that units can handle. Col. Dave Lamborn, commander of 2nd Mobile Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, out of Hawaii, told a panel during the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting in Washington that in division testing, the…
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