In quiet shift, Marines allow mixed-gender DI teams to train recruits
A typical integrated team will have three DIs of one gender and a fourth of the opposite gender, with most featuring three male instructors and one female.
By Hope Hodge Seck
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Recruit to gunny: 1st Marine graduates from talent acquisition program
When Justin Kelley graduates today from Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, he’ll be a gunnery sergeant.
By Hope Hodge Seck
As the Army turns to functional fitness testing, is the end of gender standards near?
As the Army works to field two new occupation combat readiness tests, the discussion has increased over the legacy PT test and whether the Army needs gendered fitness standards at all.
DARPA wants to ‘slow life to save life’ with program that extends the ‘golden hour’
Researchers have launched a five-year project dubbed “Biostasis,” a program to work on slowing down biological processes after a serious injury and give troops a better chance to survive.
By Todd South
Esper: Army will overhaul fitness, possibly extend basic training, to meet rigors of combat
Army doctrine, training and personnel will require a face-lift over the next decade, Army Secretary Mark Esper said Monday at the AUSA Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama.
US Army’s Futures Command sets groundwork for battlefield transformation
It’s the beginning of a new era in Army acquisition in which soldiers might not have to wait 10 years or longer to see a new weapon or capability in the field.
By Jen Judson
Two Army brigade combat teams will get to test an autonomous robot vehicle this year
Two brigade combat teams will receive the Squad Multipurpose Equipment Transport vehicle for testing this year. The vehicle is autonomous and can carry 1,000 pounds of gear for the infantry squad over certain terrain.
By Todd South
Fort Riley soldier found dead inside vehicle
The specialist had an apparent gunshot wound, local police say.
By Nicole Bauke
First Next-Gen Combat Vehicle and robotic wingman prototypes to emerge in 2020
The head of the Army's Next-Gen Combat Vehicle cross-functional team says to expect an NGCV and robotic combat vehicle prototype by FY20.
By Jen Judson