ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

The first armored multi-purpose vehicle (AMPV) has rolled off the production line in York, Pa.

The AMPV will replace the Army’s aging M113 family of vehicles that today make up 32 percent of the armored brigade combat team vehicle fleet, said Col. Mike Milner, project manager, AMPV, during the rollout ceremony. The M113 was first produced in 1960.

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Milner said AMPV will provide significantly more size, power, cooling and mobility than the M113 to the armored brigade combat teams.

“[The AMPV] will enable mission command on the move, restore indirect fires for the combined arms...

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

This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of America’s involvement in the First World War (WWI), known at that time as the Great War.

The Great War was a global war originating in Europe on July 28, 1914 and ending on Nov. 11, 1918.

While America’s involvement in WWI was relatively short compared to the European nations, our contribution helped to end the war much sooner.

The growth of the Army in support of WWI increased the size of our force from less than 200,000 to...

“Always ready, always there.”

For 380 years, the National Guard has embodied its motto, protecting the people of America even before the states united into one country.

The guard celebrated its history Dec. 13 with a 380th birthday breakfast at the Tom Bevill Conference Center.

National Guard soldiers, National Guard retirees, Redstone Arsenal leadership and local officials attended the annual commemoration hosted by the Redstone-Huntsville Chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army.

“We recognize Dec. 13th as the birthday of the National Guard,” John Perry, chapter vice president for National...

Army life has its challenges. While being a soldier brings valuable skills, camaraderie and positive life experiences, it also requires frequent moves, significant stress and long separations from family.

If you’ve recently returned from deployment, training or are just looking for a way to spend time with your family and friends, there are few better ways to relax than to attend a concert, take in a football game or watch a theater play in your community.

But these fun and exciting opportunities typically come with a hefty price tag.

To help alleviate some of the stress of military life, the...

As we begin 2017, your AUSA Government Affairs team is getting our exercise on Capitol Hill.

We visited the offices of every new member of Congress, including 55 new members of the House of Representatives and seven new members of the Senate.

We hand-delivered a letter from retired Gen. Carter Ham, AUSA president and CEO, in which he welcomed each representative and senator to Congress and pledged AUSA’s support as a resource for them to rely on in performing their duties.

We also provided a copy of “Profile of the United States Army,” an excellent publication from our Institute of Land Warfare...

Dear Editor:

As the son of a Pearl Harbor survivor, I found David Vergun’s article on Remembering Pearl Harbor in the January AUSA News of great interest. (“Pearl Harbor attack: 75 years ago, 2,403 Americans killed,” by David Vergun, Army News Service)

My father was in his bunk reading the Sunday paper when the first of six torpedoes hit the ship.

By the time he got on deck, the captain had been mortally wounded, the ship was sinking, and the order had been given to abandon ship.

He swam through burning debris and bunker fuel to Ford Island and was reassigned to the USS Patterson on-board which he...

New personnel and career management policies are needed to help the Army continue to effectively build and shape its cyber force, the former chief of U.S. Army Cyber Command said.

“We must not only recognize the fundamental changes that cyberspace brings to warfare, but how to organize and equip our forces to make the best use of its enormous potential,” said Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, who led the command for three years before becoming chief of the Army’s Office of Business Transformation in October.

Cardon spoke Dec. 13 at a Gen. Bernard W. Rogers Strategic Issues Forum, hosted by the...

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley says the Army is making significant strides in improving readiness, but there is considerably more to be done.

“Readiness was our priority last year, that’s our priority this year and by necessity, that needs to continue to be our priority,” Milley said at this year’s first breakfast forum sponsored by the Association of the U.S. Army’s Institute of Land Warfare.

In many of the ways that the Army measures readiness, “we have made some significant improvements,” Milley said.

“Our equipment statuses are better now than they were, our training is better now...

As we head into the 2017 legislative cycle, here’s a recap of a very busy 2016.

Through meetings with key lawmakers and Pentagon leadership, AUSA successfully and tirelessly advocated for goals important to the Army and our members.

AUSA’s message to Capitol Hill, outlined in the 2016 resolutions, urged Congress and the administration to:

• „ Stop Sequestration
• „ Increase Army Budget
• „ Increase Army Readiness
• „ Improve/Protect Military Healthcare
• „ Stop End-Strength Drawdown (with resources added)
• „ Stop the Erosion of Benefits

In support of our message, we launched two significant, and ultimately...

An Army that for 15 years has had almost no money to spend on weapons modernization or soldier performance has a lengthy and potentially expensive list of unmet future warfighting requirements.

The National Commission on the Future of the Army warned a year ago that the U.S. in general—and the Army in particular—was “increasingly challenged to maintain a technological advantage” over potential adversaries.

Gen. David G. Perkins, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command commanding general responsible for producing an operating plan for the Army’s future, has described this as not just spending...

U.S. Army soldiers have masterfully executed a delicate balance of looking ahead to the next challenge while also preserving Army history and honoring those before them who have sacrificed and served.

Noncommissioned officers built their organizations on a foundation of lineage and tradition. Each recruit and new member of a unit is indoctrinated with unit history and learns quickly what it means to be a soldier. We regularly test each other’s knowledge and skills, and we never forget about those who were lost on the battlefield. We cherish our history and take pride in it.

However, it is...

As the U.S. Army withdrew from Iraq in 2011, it eliminated its final deployable armored cavalry regiment in order to achieve standardization and modularity across the force. This change culminated a six-year process during which the land power institution reorganized two cavalry regiments and 10 cavalry squadrons that had long supported corps and divisions in favor of a larger quantity of squadrons assigned directly to brigade combat teams. The new reconnaissance and security structure resulted in a diverse array of armored, Stryker and motorized scouting formations more narrowly equipped to...

Few things inspire innovation better than a bullet whizzing past your ear. But how does the Army translate the response to hostile fire to the cyber environment

Few things inspire innovation better than a bullet whizzing past your ear. But how does the Army translate the response to hostile fire to the cyber environment

Few things inspire innovation better than a bullet whizzing past your ear. But how does the Army translate the response to hostile fire to the cyber environment