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With over 35,000 registered runners, 600 running teams and near-perfect weather, the 31st Army Ten-Miler took place Oct. 11 at the Pentagon, the day before the 2015 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition.

The first male runner to cross the finish line, Paul Chelimo, from the All-Army Team, completed the run in 48:19.

Tina Muir, from Lexington, Ky., was the first female finisher across the finish line with a time of 55:20.

The Fort Carson Men’s Team – the Mountain Post Men – fielded the winning Active Duty Men’s team with a team time of 3:30, and the IMCOM-E/USAREUR...

The Army needs help from Congress to have a stable and predictable budget to expand capabilities and improve readiness before the next big national security crisis hits, Army Secretary John M. McHugh said Oct. 13 during an Association of the U.S. Army Congressional Staffers Breakfast.

McHugh confessed there has been "a little bit of acting" involved in the Army’s reaction to the 17 percent budget reduction over the last six years, but the situation ahead is dangerous.

Army funding has historically been cut after major wars, and leaders knew this would be happen again, McHugh said.

The concern...

In today’s complex security environment, the Army does not have the luxury of a single opponent or threat and must be prepared to respond to all adversaries, a panel of experts said during the 2015 Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition.

"Unpredictable and unstable is the new normal," said Lt. Gen. Mary Legere, who moderated an Institute of Land Warfare Contemporary Military Forum titled "Threats in a Complex World."

Legere, who has served as senior intelligence officer at Headquarters, Department of the Army, since April 2012, said both state and nonstate actors are taking...

Small companies with a unique product or service that can meet the needs of the warfighter had their own showcase at the Association of the United States Army’s 2015 Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Located in the Exhibit Hall at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., the Innovator’s Corner served as both exhibitor showcase and panel presentation venue for firms that, in some cases, have not been traditional exhibitors at the AUSA meeting.

The Innovator’s Corner also offered presentations by Army officials who oversee programs that might benefit from the forward-looking...

Amid the bevy of contractors large and small seeking to do business with the Army, and representatives of the service itself and other government agencies taking part in the 2015 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition, one group of exhibitors has a completely different mission. They want soldiers – past and present – to come to work for them.

Though these organizations were as varied as the job landscape itself, they shared a common reason for positioning themselves at an event that would be sure to draw the applicants they need. Former service members who enter the...

The Army needs to change its mindset about readiness, said Gen. Robert B. "Abe" Abrams, commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command.

"We have to be ready all the time, not at specific points of time," he said, adding that the most precious resource for readiness is not money, but time.

Abrams made his comments on Oct. 14 during a forum on building and sustaining readiness, at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition.

"We can’t be lulled into a false sense of security that we’ll be able to set the conditions and the time and place for getting involved," Abrams said. "We...

The Association of the United States Army’s Young Professionals Subcommittee met during the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., to set its goals for the coming year.

Members, representing each Association region in the United States and overseas, held a series of discussions over the course of the three-day professional development forum to make recommendations and advise the association’s leadership on how best to encourage young men and women to join and engage with AUSA.

This would lay the groundwork to share best practices regarding the creation and implementation of...

The Army Reserve and Army National Guard must remain an operational force, rather than a strategic "on-the-shelf" force, to maintain readiness and be prepared for future conflicts, senior military and civilian leaders told an audience Oct. 13 at the 2015 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition.

In a forum titled "Total Force to Win in a Complex World," Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, director of the Army National Guard, said the 39 traditional training days associated with the Reserve components – 15 days in the summer, and weekends throughout the year – is the absolute minimum.

"The Army chief of staff...

Complex – no other word describes the situation" of a resurgent Russia meddling in Ukraine, an immigration crisis unseen since World War II, and the rise of Islamic extremism globally, the commanding general of Army Materiel Command told AUSA chapter leaders at a special dinner honoring their volunteer efforts.

Gen. Dennis Via, speaking before the official opening of AUSA’s 61st Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, said that in this unstable and unpredictable world, the Army still needs to shape the operational environment.

"Readiness is why...

Tough, realistic training makes readiness," the commanding general of Forces Command told attendees at the annual Maj. Gen. Robert Moorhead Guard and Reserve Breakfast.

Speaking before the formal opening of the Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., Gen. Robert Abrams said if the nation intends to use the Army to meet new threats such as those from the Islamic State group, a resurgent Russia, a rising China and in Africa, where nations are competing for resources, "then you better have a good one."

He also said the Army now has soldiers...

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley made his priorities absolutely clear Oct. 13. "Readiness for combat is our No. 1 priority, and there is no other No. 1," he declared repeatedly.

In his first speech as the Army’s top uniformed leader, Milley gave a blunt assessment of the threats facing the nation.

He spoke at the Dwight David Eisenhower Luncheon at the Association of the U.S. Army’s 61st Annual Meeting and Exposition, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

Milley listed an aggressive Russia, an assertive China, a provocative North Korea, the brutal...

AUSA’s Institute of Land Warfare (ILW) has recently released three new publications.

"Strategically Responsive Logistics: A Game-Changer" (Torchbearer Issue Paper, October 2015) discusses the Army’s latest system for improving logistics management and how it will enable the Total Army to meet the diverse security challenges of the 21st century with success.

In the unpredictable current operating environment, increasingly capable enemies employ conventional and hybrid strategies to threaten U.S. vital interests.

More and more, Army formations must have the capability to operate immediately...

During more than a decade of fighting terrorists overseas, the U.S. became fairly adept at killing and capturing terrorist leaders – but then the threat changed, said U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.

Johnson told an audience at AUSA’s Annual Meeting and Exposition the "new reality" is that "the global terrorist threat has evolved from terrorist-directed attacks to terrorist-inspired attacks."

The result, Johnson said, is home-grown terrorists who are difficult to detect, and who strike with little or no warning.

From the Boston Marathon bombers to the unsuccessful attackers at a...

Greetings from the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), our Army’s and our soldiers’ professional organization.

The 2015 Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition was a huge success.

With more than 26,000 registered attendees, the Annual Meeting showcased the strength of the American soldier and the greatness and breadth of America’s Army.

One of the highlights of this year’s Annual Meeting was the Institute of Land Warfare Contemporary Military Forum titled; "Noncommissioned Officers Operating in a Complex World."

The Association of the United States Army is...

Watching out for the welfare of Army families directly impacts the state of our fighting force, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley said at a Military Family Forum titled "A Town Hall with Senior Leaders."

"If you take care of your people, your people will take care of the mission," he told a packed crowd of military spouses, soldiers, DoD civilians and others during the forum held during the Association of the U.S. Army’s Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

"It’s not just altruism," Milley said of Army efforts to ensure that...