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Army cuts hundreds of hours of redundant online training requirements
The changes are effective immediately. Students in courses now do not have to complete them.
By Todd South
Army engineers quietly upgrade bunkers to protect soldiers from TBIs
U.S. military bunkers across the Middle East are getting new doors and added protection as recent events draw attention to indirect blast-related injuries.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Army suspends NCO temporary promotion policy
All previously issued temporary promotions for NCOs will become permanent.
By Todd South
Faceless people, invisible hands: Army video targets PSYOP recruits
A foreboding new video released in the early morning hours is the latest effort by the Army to lure soldiers to some of its more secretive units.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Congress presses SECNAV for answers on recruiting challenges
One lawmaker called Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro’s answers to recruiting questions “a lot of hot air.”
By Diana Stancy
Army major, dubbed ‘Killa K,’ convicted of smuggling guns to Ghana
An Army major stationed at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, was convicted of smuggling weapons to West Africa and lying to a grand jury.
By F.T. Norton, The Fayetteville Observer
China fires water cannons at Philippine ships in South China Sea
The incident occurred near Scarborough Shoal, one of two hotly disputed areas where confrontations between the two countries have flared since last year.
Army says fitness plan cut injuries and drug use, aids mental health
While the whole Army saw increases in problem areas, Holistic Health and Fitness units reported significantly lower increases across categories.
By Todd South
One in five soldiers see sexual harassment, hardly any report it
None of the eight brigades reviewed included bullying or harassment questions on the surveys.
By Todd South
Reservists say they warned of Maine killer’s decline before shootings
Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, a fellow reservist told supervisors he feared Card was about to conduct a mass shooting.
New Hampshire National Guard encounters new challenges at Texas border
Backed by $850,000 in state funding, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu deployed 15 National Guard members to assist Texas' border security mission.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin