Army News
Body fat assessment exempted for Soldiers who score at least 540 points on Army Combat Fitness Test
The Army released a new directive that exempts Soldiers, who score at least 540 points, from the body fat assessment. The Soldier has to score a minimum of 80 points per event. If they do not take and pass another test by eight months (active duty) and 14 months (reserve), the exempted Soldiers would be […]
Bus hijacker Soldier to be chaptered out of the Army
Jovan Collazo was found not guilty of charges related to kidnapping via hijacking a school bus. He was found not guilty due to insanity. The Army began the process to chapter him out of the military. Collazo had jumped a barbed wire fence to exit Fort Jackson and subsequently took over a bus. He also […]
Army returning to “Be All You Can Be”
The Army was the only military branch that fell short of its 2022 recruiting goal. One of the things that the Army is doing, in an effort to appeal to Generation Z, is revisiting “Be All You Can Be”. The “What’s Your Warrior” campaign apparently did not meet expectations. From Fox News: The Army is […]
Army Fitness Test may see more changes
One option that the Army is considering is a gender-neutral standard that is higher for combat arms than for the rest of the Army. Another option that they are playing around with is repurposing the physical tests conducted for expert badges. The Army is also moving forward with providing height and weight waivers for those […]
Army Officer accused of spying on girls
Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Sweatland, who is an Army officer related to ROTC, California Polytechnic State University, called a store and asked if they found his “key fob.” They told him that they found it and that he could come in to get it. However, when he arrived, he saw law enforcement and attempted to get […]
Death, PTSD, and family separation, vice ‘wokeness,’ working against recruiting
The results of a survey showed that young individuals in the target recruiting age have different concerns than what had been posited. Instead of issues related to ‘wokeness’ in the military, respondents pointed to the fear of death, the fear of getting PTSD, and the fear of being away from family and friends as reasons […]
New infantry toys 2023
Next years sees the close-combat folks get something a little harder hitting than the traditional 5.56mm. We’ve basically seen incremental changes in the little poodle-popper, the bullet weighing a bit more (from 55 grains to 62 grains) and making it ‘green’ so while we are killing folks we aren’t polluting as much. Repeat after […]
Army recruiting campaign included plan to leverage Call of Duty streamers
The US Army had a recruiting strategy to leverage the video game world to reach Generation Z prospects. Included in the plan was the sponsorship of esports tournaments, Call of Duty streamers, and Twitch events. They wanted to grow their audience among Generation Z, mainly among women, Black, and Hispanic individuals. Unfortunately, a wave of […]
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