2018 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition

Held every October in Washington D.C., the Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting is one of the largest land warfare expositions and professional development forums in the world. This event provides a unique opportunity to showcase defense industry products and services to key Army and DoD decision-makers, discover new developments in defense technology and meet with colleagues from the world-wide defense community.

New talent management system to give the Army a better view into soldiers’ skills

The Army knows its soldiers have skills and talents that aren't immediately identifiable based on their rank and military occupational specialty, A new integrated pay and personnel system will help the Army learn more about its soldiers and their talents.
Army sergeant major relays comments from service’s families

The Army is in charge of about a million soldiers and those troops have concerns, ideas and comments for their leaders.
Army changing force structure, adding people for sustainment

The Army is changing its force structure to add people. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu spoke with Lt. Gen. Ed Daly, deputy commander of the materiel command about the efforts.
Army still working on nondeployability policy, could affect 62,000 soldiers

The Army is still figuring out how to deal with soldiers who are nondeployable for a year or more.
Army plans new industry engagements to ‘digitize’ its bases

Army says it wants industry ideas to build 'installations of the future' from monitoring energy usage, to family life on the base.
Fort Gordon getting ready to take on Army’s cyber command

Maj. Gen. John Morrison, the commander of the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon, Georgia, said the base has a lot of construction in part to prepare the Army to move its cyber command there.
Army reforming personnel system for greater flexibility

Lt. Gen. Thomas Seamands, the Army’s deputy chief of staff for personnel, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin at AUSA to talk more about the Army’s personnel reform plans.
Secretary of the Army talks benefits of a full, timely budget at AUSA

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper spoke with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu about operating under a prompt full appropriation and defense authorization bill for the first time in more than a decade.
Army finds its recruiting methods outdated in wake of missing goal

The Army is overhauling the way it recruits after a sour 2018. This includes exploring social media, Twitch and even memes as a way to reach potential recruits.
Army may incorporate more civilians into its cyber teams

Only 20 percent of the Army's cyber teams are made up of civilians. The Army is analyzing whether that's the right ratio in an environment where every uniformed servicemember is expected to be able to deploy to combat.