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The Army is cutting more experienced soldiers to reach 450,000 active duty troops by 2018.
Greg Garcia, the chief information officer/G6 of the Army Corps of Engineers, said the Defense Department’s mandated transition to Windows 10 is a top of mind priority, but he is balancing that with cyber, cloud and other priorities.
Bryan Clark, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and Dr. Caroline Mahoney of the Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center discuss new technology on Pentagon Solutions.
Katherine Blakeley, research fellow for the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss her new report on the seven areas to watch in the FY 2017 defense budget. April 29, 2016
The military services are slowly, but surely adopting a new instruction to better services procurement. Meanwhile, DoD may have found a better way to collaborate with small business.
The Senior Executives Association hosted the 30th annual Presidential Rank Awards of Distinguished Executives and Distinguished Senior Professionals where it honored 43 federal employees from 16 agencies for accomplishing astonishing successes.
The Army is experimenting with an dome-shaped immersive environment for virtual reality training. Dr. Caroline Mahoney, team leader for the Cognitive Science and Applications Team, from the Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, shares details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Beginnings of the defense authorization bill call for a 2.1 percent raise for active military members and a 27,000 increase in troops.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, requested that the Government Accountability Office assess the Army’s contracting process, including accountability and oversight.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says it’s time for an upgrade to the Goldwater-Nichols Act, but the Pentagon will need help from Congress.
Assuming the Army completes its planned drawdown to 450,000 active duty soldiers by the end of next year, the service will own and operate 21 percent more real estate and facilities than it can conceivably put to productive military use.
Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said his service will arrive at decisions within a matter of weeks on a new way forward for the Modular Handgun System, which has been in the works since 2011.
It's hard enough to make it Army Rangers. But how to you get to be the "Best Ranger" in the Army, and by extension, the best man in the armed forces? We'll find out in a few days when the Army stages the 33rd annual Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia. Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Nelson, one-time Best Ranger, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the 33rd annual Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Generals say current analyses show the U.S. will need more land forces for future conflicts, precisely at the time the Army is shrinking to its smallest size since before World War II.