Service members are often part of two-income families. But spouses face continued difficulty of establishing themselves when the service member gets relocated.
Contractors trying to plan ahead often turn to procurement plans that agencies post on their websites. An annual assessment shows some are actually excellent.
The Army I Corps used the recent Yama Sakura 85 exercise to further prove out how to create a single, secure network to share information with allied partners.
To conduct its missions, the service wants to create energy that will reduce its dependence on off-site electricity providers.
Maj. Gen. Jeth Rey focused on four pillars, including agnostics transport and moving the Army toward a data-centric environment, over the last three years.
Recent studies and exercises have shown that the Army needs a layered approach to EW and that the electromagnetic spectrum should be treated as terrain.
Senior Army officials continue to push back against the idea of establishing a drone corps. Gen. James Rainey says it is "too early" for a separate branch.
The Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) Capability Characteristics or C2Next is the roadmap for developing a different kind of command post.
Maj. Gen. Chris Eubank, commander of NETCOM, said soldiers and civilians will no longer be able to download data to their devices from outside the Army network.
Gabe Camarillo, the undersecretary of the Army, said the new digital engineering policy will bring the service more in-line with industry best practices.
The Army relies on its civilian workforce for crucial tasks to support readiness and operations. Now it has launched a campaign to recruit civilians.
The House draft defense bill requires the Army to establish a Drone Corps. Senior defense officials don't think it's a good idea.
"We have got to build flexibility into our programs so that commander doesn't have to make static decisions," said Mark Kitz.
The Army launched the first phase of Global Commercial Solutions for Classified. It is expected to reach initial operational capability by fiscal 2025.
The Army will keep most software development efforts in ongoing development mode and not transition them to sustainment as part of its modernization efforts.