Army to award Master Combat Badge to expert, combat-tested soldiers
The service will combine expert and combat achievements and is issuing mariner and mountaineering badges.
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Training changes on the horizon for Army Guardsmen
Leaders are weighing changes to Guard rotations at combat training centers.
US Navy wants to create more lethal pilots for less money with simulators
The Navy wants to create better pilots for less cost, relying on simulators for more basic-level training and preserving the expensive live-flight hours for high-end tactics.
Unvaccinated Guardsmen won’t be able to drill or draw federal pay: SECDEF memo
Guardsmen who refuse vaccination will not be able to participate in any drills or federal training, which could jeopardize their ability to stay in the military.
US Navy, Marines look for training systems with accurate adversaries, ability to track individual performance
The Navy and Marine Corps want a Peloton-like training system that lets individual service members see their physical and occupational history, strive to demonstrate improvements -- and be able to log in from anywhere in the globe as they move from assignment to assignment.
Russian Navy test-fires hypersonic missile in the White Sea
The launch was the latest in a series of tests of Zircon, which is set to enter service next year.
US Army lab cuts down risk-reduction timeline ahead of Project Convergence
The communications exercise risk-reduction leading up to a major Army exercise last year took six weeks. Now the lab is able to fulfil that same need in 10 days.
Expand Israel-Arab-US military drills to counter Iran and its proxies
The primary catalyst for this growing Israeli-Arab security cooperation is Iran’s continued efforts to sow instability and export terrorism throughout the Middle East.
US, Israel and Gulf Arab allies launch joint Red Sea drill
The drill comes a little more than a year after the UAE and subsequently Bahrain normalized ties with Israel despite strong criticism by Palestinians over the formal recognition of Israel.
At second Project Convergence, US Army experiments with joint operations in the Arizona desert
For the second annual event in its "campaign of learning," the Army brought in technologies and operators from the other services to test their ability to implement Joint All-Domain Command and Control.
Singapore tries to normalize military training schedule after pandemic disruption
Efforts include an integrated sense-and-strike exercise in Idaho that saw the debut of an improved artificial intelligence-enabled C2 system.
