WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army will not be able to put $5.3 billion toward modernization efforts key to competing with China if Congress doesn’t pass a budget this year, the service secretary said in a Wednesday House Armed Services Committee hearing.
The Pentagon has become accustomed to short-term continuing resolutions early in the fiscal year and generally schedules less programmatic activity…
Soldiers on Combat Deployments, Pregnancy Profiles to Be Eligible for Temporary Promotions
November 25, 2020
U.S soldiers get as comfortable as they can as they prepare to fly in a C-17 Globemaster III to their deployed location in Afghanistan on April 16, 2011. A new policy will let deployed troops and those on pregnancy-related profiles be temporarily promoted even though they…
Textron Systems Next Generation Squad Weapon rifle variant. (Matthew Cox/Military.com)
Textron Systems is preparing to deliver a new batch of Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) prototypes to the Army, featuring improvements from recent soldier testing.
The Army is in the…
