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Army Training: Focus on Warfighting

| April 4, 2025 | 12 Comments
Army Training: Focus on Warfighting

Compter Based Training Army slashes mandatory training requirements with regulation update By Todd South Shortly after taking his post as Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Randy George issued a directive to commanders — if it doesn’t add to war fighting, ditch it. This week, changes to a cumbersome Army regulation on training have reinforced the […]

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Military Black Hawk collides with American Airlines jet midair

| January 30, 2025 | 54 Comments
Military Black Hawk collides with American Airlines jet midair

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet at Reagan National Airport. The American Airlines flight, Flight 5342 from Wichita, had 64 personnel onboard. The Black Hawk had three Soldiers onboard. The helicopter was from Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion, out of Fort Belvoir. The helicopter was on a training flight. From […]

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Army antiterrorism training included anti-abortion groups as among the extremist groups

| July 17, 2024 | 52 Comments
Army antiterrorism training included anti-abortion groups as among the extremist groups

Soldiers receiving training for gate guard saw a slide show presentation related to terrorism. Among the groups listed as extremists were both left and right groups that should not have been listed. One of those groups were antiabortion groups. Republicans took issue with the inclusion of the antiabortion groups and sent a letter to the […]

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Happy Birthday Army!

| June 14, 2024 | 20 Comments
Happy Birthday Army!

249 Years Young Today in military history: US Army is founded On June 14, 1775, the United States Army was born when the Continental Congress assumed control of the New England army. On June 14, 1775, the United States Army was born when the Continental Congress assumed control of the New England army. Formed in […]

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Army Meeting Recruiting Goals; Not So Navy

| April 23, 2024 | 25 Comments
Army Meeting Recruiting Goals; Not So Navy

Army on track to meet lower recruiting goal, Navy may fall short The Army lowered its recruiting goal. The Navy increased its — and now might miss it. BY JEFF SCHOGOL The Army expects to meet its recruiting goal for the first time in three years, but the Navy continues to struggle to sign up […]

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Army helicopter pilots to receive more training hours

| April 12, 2024 | 15 Comments
Army helicopter pilots to receive more training hours

In response to aircraft related accidents, the Army is going to have its helicopter pilots conduct additional hours of training. Six hours of training will be added that focuses on spatial awareness and maintenance issues. Active-duty pilots will complete this training by May 10. From Military.com: Now, the service is adding four to six hours […]

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Remembering Chief Warrant Officers Bryan Andrew Zemek and Derek Joshua Abbott: Fallen Heroes in Mississippi – AI Guest Post

| February 27, 2024 | 6 Comments
Remembering Chief Warrant Officers Bryan Andrew Zemek and Derek Joshua Abbott: Fallen Heroes in Mississippi – AI Guest Post

How good is Microsoft Bing’s ChatGPT when generating articles? I pulled up the “copilot” for Microsoft Edge and plugged in some prompts. Out came the below article on the two Soldiers who died in a helicopter crash in Mississippi… Sans APA formatted references. How did AI do with “writing” the below article? Right on target? […]

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Largest Demographic Shuns Army Service

| January 11, 2024 | 63 Comments
Largest Demographic Shuns Army Service

Not Answering Army Sees Sharp Decline in White Recruits By Steve Beynon The Army’s recruiting of white soldiers has dropped significantly in the last half decade, according to internal data reviewed by Military.com, a decline that accounts for much of the service’s historic recruitment slump that has become the subject of increasing concern for Army […]

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